Obamacare Sales Blitz Wars Against Federalism

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Obamacare Sales Blitz Wars Against Federalism

 

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September 28, 2013

by Mark Horne

NPR reported on the recruitment campaign going on in Houston for Obamacare.

 

“Gov. Rick Perry has loudly dismissed the law, and fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor this week at length — 21 hours and 19 minutes to be exact. On the other side of the issue, you have Rosy Mota and her clipboard, standing at the door of a CVS pharmacy in one of Houston's Latino neighborhoods, stopping shoppers. ‘Hello, would you like a brochure about the new health care coverage that's coming into effect? We'll be here if you have any questions,’ she tells a customer. Mota works for , a national organization that has from the Obama re-election campaign. The group has combined sophisticated data-mining techniques and digital maps to figure out where the uninsured in Houston live, down to the block and house level.”

 

As you can see, the story is framed as an attempt by a heroic group to overcome the dominant state Republicans who oppose the so-called “Affordable Care Act,” beginning with Rick Perry.