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3. Partnered with the state of Maryland! Isn't that just like Maryland
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 11:00 PM
Sep 2013

to have a Football Team that would help promote Obamacare, she!

"That will go a lot farther than having an administration spokesperson doing the talking.", Indeed!

Since the NFL won't do it.. this is extra Sweet, she!



"The NFL Won’t Partner With Obamacare, But Its Players Could Still Benefit From It"

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"Amid outcry from conservatives and Republican senators, the National Football League announced last week that it was not and would not pursue a partnership with the Obama administration to market the Affordable Care Act, the health reform law President Obama signed in 2010. The White House has sought partnerships with sports leagues like the NFL and NBA and with other organizations to market the law, largely because the timing of those leagues’ seasons and the demographics they reach are crucial to the law’s ultimate success.

But just because the NFL won’t partner with Obama to inform its viewers of the law’s many programs, the largest of which go into place in 2014, doesn’t mean the league and its players won’t benefit from it. In fact, Obamacare has a chance to redefine health care options for former NFL players while providing massive public relations relief to a league that has drawn criticism for how many of its veterans face health troubles after their careers. Soaring health care costs and major medical problems that don’t surface until years later, in fact, remain among the biggest challenges many NFL players face when their careers end."


There's more..
http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2013/07/09/2269311/nfl-obamacare-players-benefit/

Mahalo she for putting this in the BOG

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