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So if you're the President and trying to get younger Americans to sign up for insurance under the ACA, do you write op-eds in the NY Times? \u00a0Tour some college campuses and put up some flyers? Mention it in the State of the Union address?<\/p>\n

Or do you film a clip at "FunnyOrDie.com"?<\/p>\n

Apparently the latter is the best idea, because right now that site is the number 1 referrer of web traffic to Healthcare.gov. \u00a0(It's also a pretty amusing segment:\u00a0http:\/\/www.funnyordie.com\/videos\/18e820ec3f\/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-president-barack-obama<\/a>)<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Kee Hinckley<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Alexander Howard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, that worked. According to officials at +<\/span>The White House<\/a><\/span>, \u00a0FunnyOrDie.com is the number 1 referrer of traffic to +<\/span>HealthCare.gov<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 today. http:\/\/e-pluribusunum.com\/2014\/03\/11\/president-obama-jokes-between-the-ferns-to-connect-the-young-and-uninsured-to-healthcare-gov\/<\/a>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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So if you're the President and trying to get younger Americans to sign up for insurance under the ACA, do you write op-eds in the NY Times? \u00a0Tour some college campuses and put up some flyers? Mention it in the State of the Union address? Or do you film a clip at "FunnyOrDie.com"? 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