Gohmert Assails Health Care Reform Promotion Pact

TYLER — Congressman Louie Gohmert continues his assault on the federal health care reform plan. During a visit to KTBB, Gohmert criticized the government’s $20 million deal with the public relations firm Porter Novelli to promote the plan. He says the Obama Administration’s spending big money “to tell us how good a bad product is that most Americans know we should not be doing.” A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says, “Section 4004 of the Affordable Care Act directs the Department to conduct this effort as one way to encourage utilization of preventive benefits and services. This public education campaign is part of our ongoing education efforts that will inform the American people about the steps they can take to prevent disease and illness and stay healthy.”