Michelle Obamas Harsh Message To Americans In February, First Lady Michelle Obama decided to join the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss B;acl History Month and the Affordable Care Act. She looped the two narratives together by claiming that one in five folks in the black community are uninsured. She also went on to claim that the ACA website has been improved, with language that is easy to understand. Of course, she also gave her usual pitch about the cost-saving measures of the Act. She even pointed to how the website offers access to affordable private insurance plans, not government plans, which she believed would force insurers to become more competitive. She compared the plan to car insurance claiming, You have to insure your car in this country, correct? Why do we treat our cars better than we treat our bodies. Finally, she left them with this final message: If theres somebody in your life, a young person in particular, who thinks Nah, I dont need it. I dont want to spend that money, you got to shake them and make them understand that this isnt a joke. 