Billionaire Press Hits

A Health Care Protest — In Song

Published by CBS News on October 23, 2009 | Comments

“Members of the insurance industry may as well have been walking into a lion’s den when they converged in Washington this week for their annual State Issues conference. ….

Insurance industry pollster Bill McInturff was giving a speech Friday when he was interrupted at first with cheers of praise from people who seemingly belonged at the conference, given their business attire. The cheers turned into a song about the “public option,” or government-run health insurance, performed to the tune of “Tomorrow” from the musical Annie.

The singers, who were eventually escorted out of the conference, belonged to a group that calls itself Billionaires for Wealthcare ”

Billionaires for Wealthcare Guerrilla Musical: Public Option Annie

Published by OpEdNews on October 23, 2009 | Comments

“Billionaires for Wealthcare singers delivered a spontaneous, guerrilla musical, ‘Public Option Annie’ at the final day of the AHIP conference for the private insurance industry, today.”

AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters

Published by Huffington Post on October 23, 2009 | Comments

“And then, the protesters — dressed in business attire to fit into the crowd — began singing. A relatively lengthy and harmonious rendition of ‘Tomorrow’ from the musical Annie ensued, only with the chorus focused on government-run insurance.”

‘Billionaires for Wealthcare’ protest health insurance fair at Student Union

Published by The Daily Campus on October 23, 2009 | Comments

Representatives from the health care industry were unpleasantly surprised Thursday when five UConn students showed up to protest the Health Insurance Fair being held in the Student Union ballroom with their own unique twist.

The students arrived dressed to the nines, with faux-champagne glasses and cigars, masquerading as the grassroots activist group Billionaires for Wealthcare. The students were completely in-character, donning satirical names like Johnny Morebucks and Evona Richman.

“Today we were there to support the insurance fair that was going on, cause we appreciate recruiting young students to work for the insurance companies,” said Amanda Stauble, an 8th-semester political science major. “I particularly enjoyed handing out apples to people.”

Billionaires for Wealthcare: Let Them Eat Advil

Published by The Kansas City Free Press on October 19, 2009 | Comments

“Members of a local chapter of the national activist group, Billionaires for Wealthcare, came out of their homes in Kansas City this weekend to make an unusual appearance on that city’s streets. Well-heeled, the group of about twenty protesters arrived in style, by limousine. ”

Billionaires for Wealthcare at Republican Fundraiser

Published by SF Bay Area IMC on October 18, 2009 | Comments

The Billionaires for Wealthcare were appalled to come upon the Raging Grannies mooning good American citizens driving into the Stanford Park Hotel to attend a fundraising event for the Republican National Convention! The Billionaires embarked upon a counter protest. See the confrontation of the two groups in Menlo Park, California on October 12, 2009