Our tax dollars, hard at work.

Via HHS.gov:

In late August, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the launch of the Healthy Young America Video Contest. Today, Secretary Sebelius is announcing HHS’ first winner in the contest, Jason Girouard from Brimfield, Mass. Girouard’s video called “We are not invincible, we are human” took home our early bird prize of $1,500. The early bird submission deadline was September 2.

The Healthy Young America Video Contest is designed to inform young people about the importance of health insurance and the new options available to them through the Affordable Care Act. The early bird prize is the first awarded in a prize pool of more than 100 prizes and $30,000.

While the early bird submission deadline has passed, contestants still have the opportunity to win the grand prize or prizes awarded in one of three unique genres: short film, music performance, and animation. Contestants have until the end of September to submit videos. Voting starts at the beginning of October with prize announcements at the end of the month. The grand prize winner will be announced in early November.