Yes, Medicare is quickly running out of money and Obamacare is causing drastic cuts, but evidently there's enough cash to hire celebrity spokesman Andy Griffith and produce a new television ad aimed at bamboozling seniors into thinking "good things are coming."

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Medicare claims the national ad is not political and is meant to educate seniors about new benefits available next year (source) but as with all things Obama, it is filled with nothing but vague promises and the unmistakable odor of a never-ending political campaign.

No official word on how much the ad cost to produce including how much Mr. Griffith is being paid for what amounts to a celebrity endorsement of the unpopular grovernment program. But however much was spent, it should have come from the coffers of the Democratic Party, not the American taxpayers.