"Hollywood's Participation in Health Care Propaganda" by James Hirsen
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The Obama administration is once again turning to Hollywood to handle the marketing and public relation duties necessitated by the shortcomings of the increasingly Un-Affordable Care Act.
The entertainment industry has been attempting to corral young people into signing up for Obamacare health exchanges via use of celebrity spokespersons, viral videos, social media campaigns, live streaming, and other means that the demographic might find appealing.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Thus far things have not worked out as plotted. Consequently, the White House has now designated Julie Green Bataille, Director of the Office of Communications at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to participate next month in an event titled “The Affordable Care Act: Comedy, Drama & Reality – Portraying ObamaCare in TV & Film.”
The CMS, previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency that falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. According to the CMS website, Bataille is the person in charge of leading “strategic communications efforts for federal programs delivering healthcare to millions of Americans.”
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