Archive for December 4th, 2013

Name game: Is rebranding ObamaCare the administration’s silver bullet?

December 4, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, the Administration decided that ObamaCare need to be rebranded and remarketed since, in the words of CNN: “The name Obamacare – and the much maligned URL HealthCare.gov – have become associated with digital failure and government disorganization.”

Ouch.

In my post Rebranding ObamaCare …  I suggested a new name: ObamACA™  … hoping that the name would catch traction and I could bag some royalties.

No such luck (so far).

Still, as a recovering marketer, I’m interested in the question: Would it help the administration sell the law if they ditched the ObamaCare name.

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Source: Kaiser Health Foundation

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Well, it turns out that Gallup has already polled on the question …

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