September 30, 2010 11:00AM 

# First Lady Asks Nurses to Engage in Legislative Advocacy with Their Patients 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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No, seriously. First Lady Michelle Obama is [asking](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42851.html) nurses to promote [ObamaCare](www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/BadMedicineWP.pdf) to their patients.

With hundreds of thousands of [medical errors](https://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv28n1/v28n1-1.pdf) occurring each year — a problem that ObamaCare does nothing to address — this is exactly what I want my nurse thinking about as she’s inserting a needle into my arm.

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