Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Obama Takes To The Airwaves To Pitch Health Coverage
Bloomberg: Obama Says NFL Right To Address Domestic Violence After Rice
The interview on ESPN was the first of three radio spots Obama is doing live or taped today to promote enrollment in the nationwide health-insurance program that is his signature domestic initiative. He used a Dec. 8 appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to make the same pitch. ... The young men who dominate ESPN’s audience historically have been among the hardest to enroll in health insurance. Men ages 18 to 34 are more likely to be uninsured than the average person in the U.S. with 16.5 percent of them lacking insurance in 2014 compared with 11.3 percent of the population at large, according to Enroll America, a Washington-based group that organizes Obamacare enrollment efforts. (Greiling Keane, 12/12)
The Wall Street Journal: Obama Talks Health Care, Sports On The Radio
President Barack Obama is taking to the airwaves to remind Americans to sign up for health care, as the deadline for the second annual enrollment period nears. ... Mr. Obama appeared on ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Collin Cowherd on Friday morning. He is also scheduled to do interviews with Raleigh, N.C.’s WQOK-FM, and On Air with Ryan Seacrest. The Raleigh interview will air Friday afternoon, while the interview with Mr. Seacrest will air Monday. (Tau, 12/12)
The Hill: Stage Set For Weekend ObamaCare Blitz
The Obama administration is running a full-court press to promote healthcare sign-ups before the Monday deadline for coverage to start the new year. President Obama has made pitches on popular media ranging from ESPN to The Colbert Report this week, while Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has crisscrossed the country with stops in Florida to Texas. The last-ditch effort to reach millions of people who remain uninsured after ObamaCare’s first year will put a strong focus on black and Hispanic communities. (Ferris, 12/13)
