Obama Goes After the Geeks

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Obama Goes After the Geeks
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President Barack Obama (http://mashable.com/category/barack-obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)'s push to increase signups for Obamacare had two focal points this week: Geeks and Zach Galifianakis.

After Obama appeared (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/president-obama-zach-galifianakis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on an episode of "Between Two Ferns," an online comedy ****** on Funny or Die hosted by actor Galifianakis, the administration published a video and blog post (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/11/geeksgetcovered) written by White House Chief Tech**logy ******r Todd Park, both promoting a new campaign called #GeeksGetCovered.

See also: Obamacare Explained: How to Use the Internet for Health Care (http://mashable.com/2013/10/01/obamacare-internet-healthcare/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


An often-absurdist comedian and a group of "whiz kids" tie into a plan that's crucial to the longterm viability of the Affordable Care Act: getting more young people to enroll. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/obamacare-geeks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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