No on 46 campaign releases first video on multiple online platforms

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Aug 8 2014

Today, the No on 46 campaign released its first campaign video on multiple online platforms. Entitled "The Truth about Proposition 46," the two-minute video features real practicing physicians and medical students from across the state discussing the flaws, costs and potential harmful consequences to patients and California's health care system, if 46 were to pass.

Substantive flaws of the measure highlighted by the video include:

It is written and paid for almost exclusively by trial attorneys, who will personally profit from Proposition 46.
It quadruples the limit on medical malpractice awards in CA, which will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
It will raise health care premiums and cause doctors and medical specialists to reduce services or leave the state.
It could burden the average family of four with up to $1,000 per year in increased costs.
It threatens personal privacy by requiring a massive expansion of the use of a government-run prescription drug database without any additional security safeguards.

What's more, Proposition 46 is disingenuous. According to the New York Times (August 1, 2014), the physician drug testing provision was only "inserted as a sweetener" in an attempt to achieve the measure's true intent: increasing the cap on medical malpractice awards.

"Californians have a long and well-documented history of rejecting ballot measures that are either dishonest to voters or too burdensome for taxpayers," said Gale Kaufman, Senior Strategist for the No on 46 campaign. "Proposition 46 is a double whammy – it's both deceptive and costly. This video represents a powerful opening argument in the very strong case against this year's most reckless ballot measure."