Will Ferrell ad mock-defends health insurers

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Here's the latest commercial parody from Funny or Die—a video that pleads for help for insurance-company executives, the forgotten voices in the healthcare debate. Will Ferrell stars (and produced the ad with MoveOn.org), along with various vaguely recognizable actors, including Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde. "Insurance companies are detail-oriented enough to deny claims for things like typos," Ferrell says. "If you spell something wrong, do you really deserve surgery? I don't think so."

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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