White House enlists Hollywood to help pitch 'Obamacare' to youth

[FuzzyLumpkins]

(Reuters) - Senior White House officials met with a group of Hollywood stars and entertainers on Monday to talk about how to use pop culture to persuade young Americans to sign up for new medical insurance coverage this fall.

For President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare reform law to succeed, the White House needs to attract 2.7 million younger consumers between the ages of 18 to 35, mostly male and non-white, to participate in new online health insurance exchanges.

Obama dropped by the meeting, which included comedian Amy Poehler, actor Jennifer Hudson, representatives for Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys and websites Funny or Die and YouTube.

"The reach of these national stars spreads beyond the Beltway to fans of their television shows, movies, and music - and the power of these artists to speak through social media is especially critical," a White House official said.

Obamacare needs young, healthy people to register for the new health insurance plans to counterbalance older, sicker enrollees and hold down costs.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...96L0XA20130722

As far as I'm concerned his Heritage Foundation inspired insurance sucking scheme can lick my balls.

[Chief Brody]

comedian Amy Poehler

OT, but does anyone here find this whiny, nasally, self-absorbed cunt the least bit funny? We all know women suck at comedy, but holy she just makes it even harder on the rest of them.

[Rogue]

Celebs generally lacking in education and the knowledge & awareness about the world they're living in so yeah, that group of people are the perfect target for Obama to preach his bull s to. Nearly all celebs support Obama for some reason, such as Halle and my goddess. And the average education level of celebs fairly reflects that of the state of california

[Wild Cobra]

[Nbadan]

Encouraging youngns to plan ahead and buy insurance is heritage foundation inspired sucking?

[Capt Bringdown]

Encouraging youngns to plan ahead and buy insurance is heritage foundation inspired sucking?

Are you not aware of the Heritage foundation orgins of Romney/Obamacare? Americans want and need health care. Why should taxpayers subsidize the insurance industry?

[spursncowboys]

OT, but does anyone here find this whiny, nasally, self-absorbed cunt the least bit funny? We all know women suck at comedy, but holy she just makes it even harder on the rest of them.

amy shuester is hilarious.

[Capt Bringdown]

Hilarious.

Yes, the reason young Americans don’t sign up for health insurance is because they are unaware of its existence. That’s it.