ObamaCare: #GetCoveredNow

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Hey @galifianakisz, thanks for sending so many folks to #GetCoveredNow at Healthcare.gov. And good luck with those spider bites. -bo

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 11, 2014

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Joshua Axelrod: Obama’s 10 Funniest Moments With Galifianakis

It was only a matter of time before Funny or Die’s “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” landed a high-profile interview subject. No, not small potatoes like Justin Bieber, James Franco or Jennifer Lawrence. They were all just warm-ups for the guest of the century: President Barack Obama, who took a break from running the free world to take on Galifianakis’s hard-hitting and inappropriate interviewer.

For once, it was Galifianakis who couldn’t take the heat. Every barb he threw the president’s way (“What’s it like to be the last black president?”) was returned with a healthy dose of snark from the usually stoic Obama (“What’s it like for this to be the last time you ever talk to a president?”).

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FunnyorDie.com is the #1 source of referrals to HealthCare.gov right now.

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Tara McGuinness (@HealthCareTara) March 11, 2014

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TPM: Obama’s Funny-Or-Die Appearance Driving Top Traffic To HealthCare.gov

President Barack Obama’s appearance with actor Zach Galifianakis on FunnyOrDie.com has made the website the top referrer to HealthCare.gov Tuesday, a White House official said. Tara McGuinness, a senior communications adviser who focuses on Obamacare, tweeted the news. The plug was the point of the interview, for which Galifianakis knowingly chided Obama. “Have you heard about HealthCare.gov?” Obama asked after Galifianakis inquired about his online browsing habits.

“Okay, here we go,” the actor lamented. “Let’s get this out of the way. What’d you come here to plug?” “I think it’s fair to say I wouldn’t be here with you if I didn’t have something to plug,” Obama cracked before touting Obamacare and its website. At the end of the video, a link to HealthCare.gov flashes on the screen. The video has been viewed nearly three million times, according to FunnyOrDie.com’s stats.

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President Obama’s hilarious appearance on Between Two Ferns. Good luck trying to imitate President Obama; GOP. Tell us how that works out for you. At this moment, the video has 5.4M hits.

Smart GOPers would spend less time whining about Pres Obama's willingness to do nontraditional media and more time imitating him.

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Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) March 11, 2014

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White House: Twenty Reasons To Get Covered, Twenty Days Left To Enroll

As of today, there are just 20 days left to enroll in health care coverage at healthcare.gov before open enrollment ends on March 31. If don’t already have health insurance, head over to healthcare.gov to get covered now. You can compare your options based on price, benefits, quality and other features, and enroll in a plan that fits your needs and your budget. Six in ten uninsured Americans can get coverage for less than $100 a month. Preventive services like well-woman visits, cancer screenings, flu shots and more cost you nothing out of pocket. Health insurers are prohibited from charging women more than men for the exact same coverage.

It’s illegal for insurance companies to charge more or deny coverage due to a pre-existing condition.Birth control for women is covered with no out-of-pocket costs or co-pays. Insurance companies can’t cancel your coverage when you get sick. All plans must cover essential health benefits including outpatient care, hospital visits, prescriptions, and more. Because accidents happen, and no one is invincible.  You can apply for coverage online at healthcare.gov. on the phone by calling 1-800-318-2596, in person (find local help here) or by mail (download the application to mail in here) — the whole process takes most people about 15 to 20 minutes.

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Don't have health care? You should probably get on that. Go to HealthCare.gov & #GetCoveredNow

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Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) March 11, 2014

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Finding people harmed by the ACA is almost as difficult as finding farmers who lost their farm due to the estate tax

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Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 11, 2014

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Funny Or Die: GIFs From The Barack Obama Between Two Ferns

More news of the day….

We the Geeks Part 3

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FACT: Health care reform saved consumers nearly $4 billion on their insurance premiums last year. http://t.co/bLrfwFy98e #ObamacareInAction

— The White House (@whitehouse) June 20, 2013

Report referenced below

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New ACA report http://t.co/StE0yBei1h shows “medical inflation will likely fall to 6.5 % next year — a 50 year low.” http://t.co/tZ7x35EaJr

— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 19, 2013

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We’re in this fight for the long run. RETWEET if you are, too. #DemandAction pic.twitter.com/BxcgOtuLvz

— Demand Action (@DemandAction) June 19, 2013

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Looking forward to speaking to a great audience tonight at @LULAC. –VP #LULAC13

— Office of VP Biden (@VP) June 20, 2013

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RT if you agree: We can’t afford to let student loan rates double in 11 days. #DontDoubleMyRate, pic.twitter.com/RU49Xb5zJQ

— The White House (@whitehouse) June 20, 2013

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Wow. Just. Wow. http://t.co/vUKjuPHmb7

— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) June 20, 2013

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Rise and Shine

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Saturday and Sunday:

The President has no public events scheduled

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The Week Ahead:

Monday: The President and Vice President will host a National Conference on Mental Health at the White House that will bring together people from across the country to discuss how we can all work together to reduce stigma and help the millions of Americans struggling with mental health problems.

Tuesday: Hosts President Sebastián Piñera of Chile at the White House.

Wednesday: Welcomes the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens to the White House.

Thursday: Travels to the Charlotte area as part of his “Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour.” He will then travel to San Jose, CA to attend an event for the DSCC. He will remain overnight in San Jose.

Friday: Travels to Los Angeles to attend an event for the DNC and then to Palm Springs, CA, to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Sunnylands, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Estate. He will remain overnight in Palm Springs.

Saturday: Returns to Washington.

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ThinkProgress: Thanks To Obamacare, Young Adults And Hospitals Saved $147 Million In 2011 Alone

An estimated 3.1 million young Americans who would have lacked health coverage gained access to it thanks to an Obamacare provision that allows adults up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ health insurance. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that shift saved young people from paying — and hospitals from absorbing — $147 million in high medical bills for treating catastrophic conditions such as broken bones, poisonings, and traumatic brain injuries in 2011 alone.

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The shocking truth about Obamacare’s rate shock wapo.st/10PrczH

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) June 1, 2013

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Steve Benen: The ‘smoking gun’ fires blanks

Given the excitement on the right this morning, you’d think they’d found a video of President Obama personally shredding Tea Party groups’ tax-exempt applications in the Oval Office. What’s all the fuss about? The Daily Caller – which really didn’t need another bogus story dragging down its reputation even further – ran a report this morning, echoing a report from Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly last night, that said former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman visited the White House 157 times between 2009 and 2012.

….To borrow a phrase, this isn’t a smoking gun; it isn’t even a lukewarm slingshot … The right is just embarrassing itself at this point.

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And see The Atlantic: ‘The Fake Story About the IRS Commissioner and the White House – White House records show Douglas Shulman signed in for 11 visits, not 157, between 2009 and 2012’

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