Comedy news: Will Ferrell in US health insurance spoof

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Will Ferrell in US health insurance spoof

September 24, 2009 2:14pm by Such Small Portions   Comments (0)

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US comic Will Ferrell has starred in a mock appeal in aid of US private health insurers for US comedy site Funny Or Die.

The sketch, produced by liberal advocacy group Moveon.org, sees Ferrell and a host of others big-name US actors appealing for health insurance executives to stop being given a bad rap, saying "something terrible is happening".

The healthcare debate in America has been raging ever since President Obama announced efforts to reform some aspects of the privatised system. The video was released to add pressure to the argument for a public option.

Ferrell has long been a campaigner for liberal politics. While performing on US skit show Saturday Night Live where he first made his name in the late eighties, he infamously refused to meet former president George H. W. Bush on political grounds.

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