Nothing demonstrates the high level of confidence that Barry has in his supposed 'reform' of our healthcare system better than his feeling the need to now hire a PR firm in his effort to convince the American people that he knows better than they what's best for them. So with the implementation of Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act, having now hit a couple of speed bumps, of a sort, in the form of massive cost overruns and uncooperative states, what is a socialist president to do? Well, apparently seeing very few options available, Barry has struck upon the idea of bringing onboard some folks to essentially bullshit people into signing up.
You see, what Barry "Almighty" has decided to do here is, pretty much, what any self-respecting con artist would do, he went out and hired himself a slick public-relations firm, or in this specific instance, the rather large firm of Weber Shandwick, to help in his efforts to sell Obamacare to the uninsured and persuade them of the 'benefits of enrolling in a healthcare plan. But, it may be a little harder than was previously thought. The supposed premise behind the healthcare law was to cover uninsured Americans by expanding Medicaid and by imposing an "individual mandate" requiring everyone to either have insurance or to pay a tax.
But the real concern now is just how many of the nation’s supposed 37 million uninsured would rather pay the penalty tax than actually buy into the new law? Advertising Age reports, "Weber Shandwick won a $3.1 million contract to assist the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with rolling out a campaign to convince skeptical, or simply confused, Americans that the act is good for them and persuade them to enroll in a health plan." But the question is, will it be enough? With folks having much less disposable income these days, thanks to Barry, many will most likely decide to go the cheaper route.
The PR objective will seek to implement "rollout communication" based on "old-fashioned marketing principles," according to the magazine. The Health and Human Services department responsible for the propaganda campaign is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. After all is said and done concerning this massive entitlement, the very people it is supposed to help are its biggest problem. Let's face it, most of those who don't have health insurance, don't have it by choice. They're younger people who feel they don't need it, and who would rather spend the money on something else. They're likely to pick the cheaper alternative, the fee/tax.
So I'm quite sure that we are now, once again, on the verge of being bombarded with all manner of lies, exaggerations and blatantly false promises about what a true boon Obamacare really is. And I'm just as sure that this little propaganda campaign will make sure to gloss over the many flaws while all of the supposed benefits of the program will be exaggerated to the extreme. Like any other 'advertising' campaign, the purpose here will be to convince people of the benefits of purchasing a product regardless of the hazards of doing so may effect the purchaser. I'm sure there will be people stupid enough to believe whatever it is that they're told.
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