Rewards for Opposition E-mails
The Associated Press is reporting that some Internet users have been lured with the promise of free gifts, such as "virtual" money for use on online games, into sending e-mails to members of Congress opposing President Obama's health care overhaul effort. A Web site called Get Health Reform Right, launched by a coalition of 10 insurance groups, apparently generated the e-mail letters, according to the AP.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, which leads the coalition, told the AP that it did not know where the ads came from and it did not approve of providing financial incentives to write such letters. A note on the Get Health Reform Right Web site said, "Because of unauthorized use of the Get Health Reform Right name and logo, we have temporarily suspended the Get Health Reform Right website."
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