The National Football League has nixed a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposal to help promote Obamacare.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had approached the NFL and other professional sports organizations to help spread the word and encourage implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Opposed to the idea, U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. and John Cornyn, R-Texas, wrote a letter to six major sports organizations, including the NFL and Major League Baseball.

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