Young but not invincible healthcare contest

by Steven Haninger Nov 12, 2013 9:12PM PST

I find this a bit disturbing. Knowing that it's these younger folks who are needed to carry a large portion of the ACA bill, it appears they are being encouraged to lure others in their own age group to sign up. While it might be clever marketing, doesn't tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Scare tactics are something I expect from the less than honest advertisers trying to sell something people haven't shown much interest in. Perhaps it's unrealistic but I expect government to be above that.

http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/videocontest

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Maybe a good thing

by James Denison Nov 12, 2013 10:03PM PST

The young don't consider the possibilities of a permanent injury enough, and how it could affect them the rest of their life.

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But where on the government site do you see

by Steven Haninger Nov 13, 2013 3:16AM PST

a contest to get the 50+ crowd to hurry on in? I'd expect this of competing insurance companies but not the US government which claims to be focusing on protecting the otherwise un-insurable.

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don't see it

by James Denison Nov 13, 2013 3:20AM PST

The 50-65 range is a bad place to be when looking for health insurance, great when looking for car insurance.

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Of course there's no contest for that age group but,

by Steven Haninger Nov 13, 2013 3:26AM PST

if they're really interested in promoting heath care and saving lives, don't you think they should offer an incentive to those who can bring in the most dire radiology and pathology reports?

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If they were interested

by James Denison Nov 13, 2013 3:29AM PST

in adding more numbers signing up, that would be the group to aim for. Of course the real interest is in raising "taxes" since that's what the Supreme Court has declared this to be.

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Video contest closed

by Willy Nov 13, 2013 1:09AM PST

I checked the website and already the contest side was closed. The voting side was still open. In light of all that I consider no different in any marketing ploy to get some venue to reach the clients that plan to reach and/or pass the word around. I wish it wasn't the govt. but then how does on reach the young nowadays? I seems like the right thing to do having some website do this for them. So, I don't see it that different from other marketing schemes out there. Unless the closed part was really more than I care but I didn't get into that it was closed. Thanks for the website link though... ------Willy

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I posted the government site for a reason

by Steven Haninger Nov 13, 2013 3:21AM PST

as the contest was already being criticized by some writers as having a financial motive rather than a healthcare motive. Since all the readers and contributors here are open minded and capable of forming their own opinions rather than just echoing those of others, it seemed a better choice than linking to some biased person's offering.

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Can this be for real?

by James Denison Nov 13, 2013 9:01AM PST

Or did they get this from some satire site?!

"Two liberal groups pushing the Affordable Care Act — ProgressNow
Colorado and Colorado Consumer Health Initiative — have launched an ad
campaign that appears to promote casual sex with free contraceptives...In one steamy ad, an attractive young woman holds a packet of
birth-control pills while snuggling up to a handsome young man. "Let's
get physical," she says.

The caption goes on, "OMG, he's hot! Let's hope he's as easy to get as
this birth control. My health insurance covers the pill, which means all
I have to worry about is getting him between the covers. I got
insurance. Now you can too. Thanks Obamacare."

A second ad has a young blonde woman in a one-shoulder party dress
holding a birth-control package while standing next to a cardboard
cutout of actor Ryan Gosling. "Hey girl," the ad copy goes. "You're
excited about easy access to birth control and I'm excited about getting
to know you. Thanks Obamacare."

An earlier ad titled "Brosurance" shows a young man doing a handstand on
a keg of beer as his two beer-drinking "bros" hold up his legs.

"Keg stands are crazy," says the caption. "Not having health insurance
is crazier. Don't tap into your beer money to cover those medical
bills."

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