'Is this a joke?' President of Iran floats teaser for #RouhaniCare

Is mockery the sincerest form of flattery? Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani poked fun at Obamacare today:

Gov will extend medical insurance to all Iranians. First step will be to cover 5mn uninsured Iranians by the social safety net #RouhaniCare

— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) February 5, 2014

We’ll now wait for a follow up “if you like your plan your can keep it” tweet from Rouhani.

Twitter users had a field day with it:

https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/431174218030784512

Just when he was about to win over the GOP…#RouhaniCare pic.twitter.com/rKYd1gtNiy

— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) February 5, 2014

The CBO is ON IT. https://t.co/htOE18vfQR #RouhaniCare

— Chris Moody (@moody) February 5, 2014

My theory was correct, Rouhani is Obama! https://t.co/sigNZwEAaj #RouhaniCare

— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) February 5, 2014

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/431170904526438401
https://twitter.com/Reynas23/status/431183528576163840

.@HassanRouhani Does RouhaniCare cover stonings?

— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 5, 2014

File this last one under “just trying to help, except not really”:

In spirit of cooperation, feel free to copy US website. MT @HassanRouhani: Gov will extend medical insurance to all Iranians. #RouhaniCare

— Sadanand Dhume (@dhume) February 5, 2014