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Obamacare (As Seen On TV)

Obamacare (As Seen On TV). 

Would you buy a used car from this lemon salesman?

Well, that was embarrassing.

On Tuesday morning, the President of the United States became a salesman, hawking Obamacare in an “As Seen On TV” performance that would have Billy Mays cringing.

President Obama was forced into the White House Rose Garden appearance by the deluge of news stories — a deluge that would have started two weeks earlier but for the government shutdown — about the utter failure of the Obamacare website, healthcare.gov.

When you read some of Barack Obama’s “As Seen On TV” lines, you can’t help but think of Billy Mays selling OxiClean (“It’s Amazing!”), or Vince “the hooker bit my tongue” Shlomi pitching the ShamWow (“It sells itself!):

  • “The Affordable Care Act is not just a website. It’s much more.”
  • “You may not know it, but you’re already benefiting…”
  • You can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cellphone bill or your cable bill. And that’s a good deal.”
  • “Unlike the day after Thanksgiving sales for the latest PlayStation or flat-screen TVs, the insurance plans don’t run out.” (He neglected to note that you don’t have to keep paying for a PlayStation every month.)
  • “The product, the health insurance, is good. The prices are good. It is a good deal.”
  • “The phone number for [healthcare.gov] call centers is 1-800-318-2596.”
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