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In January 2017 the Last Line of Defense web site published an article reporting that President Obama trademarked the term Obamacare and had since racked up millions of dollars in royalties from its use by the U.S. government: There was no truth to the above-quoted article. The Last Line of Defense has a history of publishing fake news stories, and the web site carries a disclaimer stating that its content is not factual: In addition to the dubious source of this rumor, the article also contained several hints about its satirical nature. For one, the name of Obama's fictional accountant (Howe, Dewey and DeWitt) turns into How Do We Do It? when quickly spoken. The article is also tagged with the phrase you're an idiot: It should also be noted that President Obama's signature law was called the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), not Obamacare. While the latter term does appear occasionally on the Healthcare.gov federal government web site (described as an informal name sometimes used to refer to the health coverage plans available through the Health Insurance Marketplace) the term is not included in the official text of the ACA.
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