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On the Media

Obamacare In Spanish, Cartographers vs. The World, and More

On the Media

WNYC Studios

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4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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0:00.0

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

0:12.3

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

0:13.5

And I'm Bob Garfield.

0:15.0

With the more or less sort of absolute enrollment deadline set for Monday,

0:20.0

the Obama administration is trying

0:22.4

every which way to get its message out about the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

0:28.9

This ranges from ordinary TV ads, such as this endorsement from the NBA's biggest star.

0:35.5

Hi, I'm LeBron James.

0:41.4

I know how important it is to take care of yourself, your friends, and your family.

0:45.4

That's why I want to tell you about the health insurance marketplace at health care.gov. To presidential calls on quirkier celebrities like Zach Galafenakis of funny or die.com's between two ferns. I don't have a phone. I'm off the grid.

0:56.0

I don't want you people, like, looking at my text, if you know what I mean?

0:59.0

First of all, Zach, nobody's interested in your texts.

1:02.0

But second of all, you can do it in person.

1:05.0

And the law means that insurers can't discriminate against you

1:08.0

if you've got a pre-existing condition anymore.

1:10.0

Yeah, but what about, what about this though?

1:12.6

That's disgusting.

1:14.6

How long have you had that?

1:16.6

Oh, just four months.

1:18.6

Really?

1:19.6

Spider bites.

1:20.6

I got attacked by spiders.

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