White House turns to gamers to boost Obamacare

Published December 12, 2016 11:02pm ET



The Obama administration is hoping racing unicorns and “Street Fighter” battles will help in its quest to get more young people to sign up for Obamacare.

The White House hosted a competitive video gaming event on the popular Internet streaming platform Twitch on Monday. The goal of the event, which was scheduled to be a few hours of millennials playing video games, was to try to expand outreach to youths to sign up for Obamacare, which Congress and President-elect Trump want to repeal.

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