Patrick Stewart performs Shakespearean death scene to help Stephen Colbert fight Obamacare
On his show on Monday night, Stephen Colbert noted that the Republicans are having a genuinely difficult time finding real horror stories related to President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.
Colbert welcomed Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Patrick Stewart, who offered to play a victim of Obamacare if that will help.
Weve all heard about the lives that the Affordable Care Act has ruined, Colbert said.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) told the story during her response to the State of the Union Address of Betty in Spokane, Washington, who allegedly saw her insurance premiums skyrocket because of Obamacare.
Local reporting revealed that Betty had for political reasons deliberately refused to avail herself of subsidies that were available from the government to pay for her insurance.
Poor Betty is not alone, Colbert said. In fact, so many Obamacare horror stories have been debunked at this point that the Los Angeles Times speculated that maybe there are no genuine Obamacare horror stories.
Colbert went the extra mile, however, and managed to find one such victim, Louisianas Chuck DuPrey (Patrick Stewart).
Well, hello, Stephen! said Stewart/DuPrey, in what could only be a deliberately terrible Cajun accent.
He assured the host that he was not an actor.
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