Posted on 01/26/2017 9:28:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Trump administration said Thursday night it is pulling back advertising to promote HealthCare.gov as open enrollment draws to a close for this year.
The Health and Human Services Department said in a statement that the government has pulled back about $5 million in ads as part of an effort to cut costs. The statement said HHS has already spent more than $60 million to promote sign-ups this year under former President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Former Obama officials immediately accused the new administration of “sabotage.” …
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Those effing ads always annoyed me, so much money being frittered away and given to hollywierd.
It is called “saving money” in the vernacular. Spend money on a venture that has lost billions of dollars? Why do that? Wait, it was Obozocare, that explains it. FUBHO and every horse you rode in on. No one will miss your evil.
I saw one of the ads today. Made me sick!
Hilarious. Obama’s monkeys think they still matter.
When does the enrollment period of end? It is the end of January now— I’d think you’d want to have signed up for your 2017 insurance by now...
How do you think the Democrats have been buying media loyalty for the last several years?
We are literally talking about TENS of millions of dollars here, or more. And all of it gets funneled through cronies, which pocket a cut for themselves.
Does this fall under the category "waste"?
“Former Obama officials immediately accused the new administration of “sabotage.”
They should be damn glad they are not hanging from light poles. effing totalitarian bastards
Sabotage would be if Trump ran anti ads....
Only the government would find it necessary to spend $60 million to advertise a required purchase from a monopoly.
Fk those ads. If it were such a great deal, everyone would be talking about it.
“How do you think the Democrats have been buying media loyalty for the last several years?”
What about Moochie’s Black college classmate from Canada who got about $200 million to set up the original Obie Care website that didn’t work. Obola used the US Treasury as a honeypot for his black friends.
January 31st, I believe. Four more days.
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