Comedian Will Ferrell joins the “fight to protect insurance company profits,” sort of. Ferrell teamed up with MoveOn.org and a group of other Hollywood stars to release a humorous video showcasing the concerns of health care reform opponents and insurance executives.
The video , released on Ferrell’s video website “Funny or Die” and the liberal political group MoveOn.org, was produced because “Humor can serve as a powerful reminder to Americans about what exactly is at stake” Justin Ruben, executive director of MoveOn.org, said in a statement.
The video opens with Jon Hamm, star of TV’s “Mad Men,” saying, “Something terrible is happening.” Ferrell explains the terrible thing is that “health insurance executives are getting a bum rap.” Stars including Olivia Wilde of “House,” Masi Oka of “Heroes,” Donald Faison of “Scrubs,” and Linda Cardellini of “ER,” offer the tongue in check admonition that “we need to remember who the real victims are – health insurance executives.”
Ferrell sarcastically asks, “So why is Obama trying to reform health care when insurance companies are doing just fine making millions of dollars of profit?”
Here’s the video: