Whitmer Launches Campaign Ad Focused on Health Care, Protecting People With Pre-Existing Conditions

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 2 -- Ex-State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat running for Michigan Governor, issued the following campaign news release:

Today the Whitmer for Governor campaign began airing its first TV ad of the general election. The 30-second ad, titled "Battles," focuses on Whitmer's time battling an insurance company that denied her mom's chemotherapy when she was dying from brain cancer.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE AD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Kfmz4jJJo&feature=youtu.be

AD SCRIPT: "This is where my mom was treated for brain cancer. It was so hard. I had a newborn baby at the time, a new job, and was spending hours fighting the insurance company to cover my mom's chemo. A lot of you have faced those same battles. Bill Schuette thinks insurance companies should be allowed to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. I don't. And as governor, it's you I'll protect, not them."

The commercial will begin airing on broadcast and cable TV stations across Michigan starting today.