The professional football team that won this year’s Super Bowl is
getting $130,000 from American taxpayers to promote Obamacare, according
to documents obtained by Judicial Watch this week.
The deal was secured on September 9 between the Baltimore Ravens of
the National Football League (NFL) and Maryland health officials. The
White House has tried recruiting professional sports leagues—especially
the NFL and the National Basketball Association (NBA)—to help promote
the president’s healthcare law but they have declined.
In fact, the NFL confirmed months ago that it would not participate
in the Obamacare public relations campaign, offering the media this
written statement: “We have responded to the letters we received from
members of Congress to inform them we currently have no plans to engage
in this area and have had no substantive contact with the administration
about [the health-care law’s] implementation.” Washington D.C.’s
mainstream newspaper called it a “blow to the administration.”
But Maryland officials evidently appealed directly to the home team,
announcing in early September that the Ravens would help market the
state’s Obamacare exchange known as Maryland Health Connection. Both
parties refused to offer specifics when the deal was initiated and
Judicial Watch filed a Maryland Public Information Act request for
details.
In a “Sponsorship Agreement”
between the Maryland Health Connection and the Ravens, the state will
pay the Super Bowl champs $130,000 to push Obamacare on television,
radio, the team’s official website, its newsletter and in social media.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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