Scott Johnson at Powerline was alerted to this this morning. We’ll tell the story in pictures.
NEA homepage:
Closer look:
Select “Health Insurance” and you’re sent directly here:
Closer look:
The “Artists Unite” link takes you here, to yet another plea to…
…improve our quality of life by demanding affordable, comprehensive guaranteed-issue insurance.
AHIRC was created by The Actors Fund with a grant from the NEA. The Actors Fund is a 501(c)(3), which means, according to the IRS:
…it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.
Well, the front page of the AHIRC site calls for “demanding affordable guarantee-issue insurance.” and that you “contact your Congress representatives directly.”
I’m no lawyer, but that sounds an awful lot like “influencing legislation” to me.
Laughably, this AHIRC page reads:
Our website is completely unbiased. We do not accept advertising or commercial endorsements. The only thing we promote is the healthy artists with full access to health care.
Are we to believe that mobilizing artists to contact Congress and demand “affordable guarantee-issue insurance” is “unbiased” and not an attempt to “influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities”?
And why is the NEA funneling artists ONLY to this single “resource?” Where are the links to sites calling for tort reform? Why not a link to the cheapest private carriers of health insurance or information on affordable catastrophic plans that are perfect for young, healthy artists?
The NEA is essentially saying to those looking for help regarding health insurance: Lobby!
The lawyers can decide how ethical or legal that is, but it doesn’t take a law degree to understand that the NEA couldn’t be any less helpful if it tried.




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