Subjects/subject
Obamacare
Tim’s take
He keeps returning to one story: before comedy he worked as a mall Santa hired to lure low-income kids to a truck where he signed their families up for Obamacare 9:17 4:57. He tells it as evidence that nothing good ever comes out of a truck — insurance included — and it recurs almost verbatim years apart, down to the chicken-costume competition for attention 6:59 26:48.
Beyond the anecdote he treats Obamacare mostly as a symbol of failed promises, needling "free health care" as never actually free and mocking a judge striking down the mandate as legally absurd 9:17 1:02:55. He's willing to defend it too, calling rollbacks of ACA trans protections something he's against and citing premium doubling and lost coverage as real stakes, while also using it as a punchline for political dysfunction generally 1:42:42 46:05 9:59 5:33.
Every Reference (10)
"how to sell. They weren't closers. They weren't, and the Affordable Care Act ain't great. Right. You're fucking telling, you're selling"
"sit down with kids and then somehow still fucking give them Obamacare. I don't know how that happened. Right, but that is the job."
"you should have brought this out before you fucking failed at Obamacare. So my whole thing is the media on all sides is so ideologically"
"convert anyone from a vehicle. I remember a few years ago, I sold Obamacare out of a truck dressed as Santa Claus. This is true for the holidays."
Great Uncle Michael, Forged School Records, and Panama City Street Preaching — Happy Wife Happy Life+25s into the segment"struck down on Obamacare because of do I have to pay the fine now because two years I've"
"is roll back protections under the obamacare under the Affordable Care Act for trans people which I'm against you know I think that"
Mass Hysteria, Struggle Sessions, and the JK Rowling/Trump Health Care Confusion — #204 - Katie Herzog | The Tim Dillon Show+240s into the segment"out of control does his ticket size Footers in Tampa he goes Obama care how many [ __ ] signed up for Obama care and he's playing the"
Scotty's Steakhouse, Ross Perot Bits, and the Fake Band Gig — "Bros" | The Tim Dillon Show #318 (ft. Greg Stone)+225s into the segment"you know I was a I was a Santa who tried to sign people up for Obamacare no way years ago this is true I was a Santa little breathe on"
Santa the Obamacare Salesman and the Chicken Costume Incident — A Christmas K-Hole | The Tim Dillon Show #374+15s into the segment"uh health insurance industry that got wiped out in 2015 with Obamacare. Like those are the two things I can't find. And when Republicans"
The Epstein Files List and CIA Involvement — Marjorie Taylor Greene Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #465+182s into the segment"will die unnecessarily every year. And if you're on the Affordable Care Act, on average, your premiums will double. Which is why I think"
Biden's Decline and the Harris Campaign's Missed Economic Message — Bernie Sanders | The Tim Dillon Show #467+13s into the segment