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Funny: SNL Cold Open Mocks Obamacare's Social Media Groveling

Christine Rousselle | Mar 30, 2014       President Obama's unorthodox efforts to sell Obamacare to young people haven't gone unnoticed by the writers of Saturday Night Live. In this week's opening sketch, the president was mocked for his appearance on Between Two Ferns and for being out-tweeted by Ellen Degeneres. In the sketch, a social media expert tells President Obama to pose wearing Pharrell's hat for Instagram, dance the Nae Nae with Pope Francis for a Vine, and kiss Justin Bieber on the lips in order to get "ten million new signups on Healthcare.gov in the next 48 hours."

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The "deadline" to sign up for a plan is tomorrow, kind of.