www.factcheck.org/2013/11/the-keg-stand-obamacare-ads/
Let’s clear this up: The edgy “got insurance?” Obamacare ads that have gone viral on the Web were not created by the Colorado state exchange or any other governmental agency, nor are they taxpayer-funded, as two Republican congressmen have claimed.
The ads are the joint product of two nonprofits that have nothing to do with a separate government-funded campaign to get the word out about the new health care exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act.
The "logic" used here is the same as that employed to say that no federal funds are used to finance abortions at the Planned Parenthood clinics or that Social Security isn't adding to the debt accrued by the federal government. The defense lies in trying to convince people that an accounting exercise eliminates any ties between various operations of the same entity. If you believe that nonsense I have a bridge I can sell you in Brooklyn for a very reasonable price . . .
