As Obama Furloughs Air Traffic Controllers, His Administration Signs $8 Million Contract to Promote ObamaCare

As Obama continues to make his sequester cuts as painful as possible by furloughing air traffic controllers and delaying flights, his administration is spending more money to promote ObamaCare. He truly knows how to rub it in for the American taxpayer.

From The Hill:

The Obama administration has signed a new contract with a public relations firm to promote the central piece of ObamaCare.

The agency charged with implementing most of the healthcare law has signed a new contract with the firm Weber Shandwick.

An official with the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department said the department contracted with Weber Shandwick to promote newly created insurance exchanges, which are scheduled to come online in October.

The PR firm will use “a range of communications tactics, with an emphasis on paid media and digital outreach” to raise awareness of the exchanges, the official said.

The official said the contract is initially worth roughly $8 million, with an option to spend more based on performance.

This is the Obama administration in a nutshell — pass an expensive law no one wants, and then use taxpayer money to sell their disaster back to the American people. This time, they’ve added the cruel twist of doing it while thousands of travelers are stuck waiting for delayed flights.