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It is hard not to give Barack Obama points for his recent appearance on Between two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.
In genuinely disarming post-hipster fashion, the President was transparent about his reasons for appearing on the program. "I would not be here if I did not have something to plug, Zack," the president informed his expertly inept host. And plug away he did, in a direct appeal to reach younger citizens to sign up at healthcare.gov.
Whether it is because they have better things to do with their disposable income or because, even after deferring on those student loans again, they do not have any disposable income because their McJob in this McConomy sucks, or whether it is because in their youth they feel invincible (or some combination of these reasons) young people are just not signing up. Which, in an insurance system that requires many people paying into the system who will not in fact use the system, is a major problem.
Baby Boomers, many of whom have long since left behind their bra burning days and traded in their revolutionary worldview for a hummer and a 3 car garage McMansion lifestyle, need to go to the doctor a lot more than the young invincibles, and need the young invincibles- whose suffering in the McConomy is a result, in large part, to the globalization the once revolutionary and now much more comfortable Baby boomers have by and large embraced, are not buying.
Which brings us to the absurd scenario in which President Obama, in a effort to meet the kids on their playing field, humbled himself to great comedic effect on funny or die to sell you me and just about everyone we know on INSURANCE REFORM - a massive theft from taxpayers and bonus to an industry that makes profit (and greed is good, right people?) only when it takes more money in (premiums) than it pays out (benefits).
In other words- Obama was in between two ferns selling you on the Mitt Romney program that benefits an industry that makes profits by denying people coverage.
What we need in this country is what every other developed country in the world already has- a single payer health care plan. This would eliminate insurance for all but those who want to purchase supplemental plans and replace it with a health care program that treats health care as a human right.
Again, every other developed country in the world has bought into this, and it was sold to them without heads of state appearing on faux community TV programs.
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tags Between Two Ferns Barack Obama, Between Two Ferns, Zach Galifianakis, Zach Galifianakis and Barack Obama, Healthcare.gov, Acronym TV, Resistance Report, Dennis Trainor Jr,
