To ease the minds of millions of Americans worried about their health insurance, Obama held a press conference today and admitted that his administration fumbled the launch of Healthcare.gov. Continuing his speech with optimism, Obama then turned to his favorite tech company – Apple – as an example, saying everybody needs to chillax and that buying health insurance won’t ever be as easy as purchasing a song from iTunes.
The Obama Administration has been under heavy fire the last few months thanks to the disastrous rollout of Healthcare.gov and has pulled a couple Apple metaphors out of his hat to cope with the mess.
Obama’s not the only one in Washington looking to Apple for inspiration with the Healtcare.gov mess though. The GOP released a series of attack ads that spoof Apple’s famous “Mac vs. PC” campaign. Take a look:
https://youtu.be/JqsqcEJYF3I
https://youtu.be/-d5Hjc5j4Sw
https://youtu.be/AVsNW0oweAc
https://youtu.be/CFB9SY7s42Q
Obama: 'Buying health insurance is never going to be like buying a song on iTunes'
— AJAM Live (@ajamlive) November 14, 2013
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Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
