Posted on 05/02/2014 9:29:37 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
May 02, 2014, 08:30 am Celebrities, athletes swarm White House for ObamaCare party
By Justin Sink U.S. Says 13 Million Enrolled In Private/public Health Plans...
The U.S. administration said on Thursday, nearly 13 million people signed up for public and private health coverage during Obamacare's open enrollment period, including late sign-ups for private insurance through April 19th. The...
Celebrities, athletes, healthcare advocates and liberal activists gathered Thursday night at the White House to celebrate the release of final data from the first ObamaCare open enrollment period.
According to data released by the administration, a surge of 3.8 million consumers in the final weeks helped push the total enrollment numbers past 8 million — above initial projections for the law.
The party, which according to Time magazine drew about 300 people, came ahead of the weekend festivities for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and was able to draw Hollywood figures like "Nashville" star Connie Britton and actor and former White House official Kal Penn.
University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams, former NFL player Eddie George and University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma also enjoyed the champagne-fueled party.
Celebrities and athletes were a key part of the final push for ObamaCare. According to the White House, celebrity advocates conducted interviews reaching roughly 400 radio stations nationwide in the final month of enrollment.
Celebrity tweets reached nearly 350 million followers, and stars including Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Hudson, Adam Scott, and Elizabeth Banks created YouTube videos to promote enrollment.
Bunch of sheep........
Spike the ball.
No one was convinced to change their insurance to this crap.
They were forced by cancellation of their previous policies.
No different then Stalin celebrating newly collectivized Kulaks who previously enjoyed better lives.
Celebrating misery and coercion is what this is.
I wonder...will Barry Soetoro go the route of the Prodigal Son story? When he runs out of someone else’s $ and power will anyone want to be around him? My thought is no.
So all the Haves are celebrating the fact that the HaveNots were forced into this debacle.
blind leading the blind.
Swarm is a good word for them. Parasites, the lot of them.
They were forced by cancellation of their previous policies.
I know that happened to me and I sincerely hope that my purchase of a private policy NOT using the “website” is not being counted towards that total....everytime they mention private insurance, I cringe hoping I am NOT in that number.
Roy Williams ought to know better...
The rest of them....meh...
I want my money back!
None of them use it
its just going to become another welfare scheme
All there to decide how to share THEIR wealth? I doubt that very much.
Just another way to pat themselves on the back for gather soooo much loot, thanks to those who stupidly buy their crap.
I love it when they publish the names of the Collaborators.
I’ll have to send them a note and see if any of them will volunteer to cover the 25% Premium Increase I’m paying for my “new” Insurance after my Policy was cancelled the end of last year.
Look around at the world and the state of this country and this is what these lunkheads are doing?!
So nice that celebs can “swarm” the WH. Some people get shot dead in their car with their baby in it for even getting NEAR the joint!
Not exactly the “A” list, is it?
Though I am disappointed in Eddie George.
I always liked him.
Names. I want names of all of the Obama buttlicker “celebrities”.
It's a fabrication anyway
I wonder if I was counted among those 13 million?
My family’s policy was cancelled, and was forced to go through the NY State “exchange” to pick another - that was $400 per month more expensive.
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