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- Title
GAO: Medicare ads were illegal.
- Authors
Vastag, Brian
- Abstract
Reports that a videotape produced by the Department of Health and Human Services touting the new Medicare prescription drug act constitutes illegal propaganda according to the General Accounting Office. How the videos were distributed to news stations across the country; Content of the video which is being questioned; Why the segments violate a federal law that forbids the use of government money for publicity or propaganda purposes.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICARE; DRUG prices; UNITED States. Dept. of Health &; Human Services; UNITED States. General Accounting Office; ADVERTISING; NATIONAL health insurance; PUBLICITY; PROPAGANDA; MEDICAL care for older people
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 23, p2808
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.23.2808