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11. Jan Crawford gets more evil by the day.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:24 PM

Oct 2013

One of these days, the mask will just fall off.

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CBS News Features Distraught Woman Paying 10 Times More for Insurance Due to Obamacare [View all] alp227 Oct 2013 OP

She was paying $50/month?! Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #1

I'm sure it was shitty non insurance covering nothing Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #2

That's my question as well... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #7

full coverage for the left side of her body every other day of the week CreekDog Oct 2013 #15

Consumer Reports called it "junk insurance" IronLionZion Oct 2013 #30

And junk reporting to go with it - CBS isn't helping. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #31

CBS, via Jan Crawford has had 3-4 stories like this. Raine1967 Oct 2013 #33

I wanna see her policy. bravenak Oct 2013 #3

There are a bunch of them, employer sponsored Yo_Mama Oct 2013 #19

If she worked a low paying job (likely) she may even qualify for medicaid SoCalDem Oct 2013 #38

There isn't a trace of a liberal media in this country. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #4

CBS News. Brought to you by United Healthcare Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #5

There is no liberal media in this country. Rex Oct 2013 #6

I looked up what this woman would pay on the healthcare.gov website Tony_FLADEM Oct 2013 #8

$50/month insurance? gollygee Oct 2013 #9

People who carried no insurance will now be paying infinitely more due to Obamacare. Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #10

Jan Crawford gets more evil by the day. factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #11

I'm sure she'll be able to milk all this for $$$ at the Federalist Society deutsey Oct 2013 #23

Geez. What a "journalist." factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #25

Has CBS ever featured a distraught woman who is very sick and could not get health insurance??? factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #12

Maybe $50 was her contributiojn to an employers plan... Bonhomme Richard Oct 2013 #13

I think you're probably right. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #16

Yes, that's what it is Yo_Mama Oct 2013 #17

That is possible, but the story did not go there nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #22

The story was slanted the way they wanted it. n/t Bonhomme Richard Oct 2013 #28

The last time I saw $50-a-month coverage was in college Azathoth Oct 2013 #14

Meanwhile, I'll be paying 1/10 of what the premiums were for my crappy catastrophic policy kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #18

Ok, cool story. Not even those on things like Tricare Prime nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #20

A lot of people pay that little. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #21

I'm on TriCare Prime and pay 22 dollars sammytko Oct 2013 #32

Stand corrected nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #36

So much for the "post all ur info or u lied" crowd LittleBlue Oct 2013 #24

Her policy was a catastrophic insurance plan that covered exactly nothing. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #35

You do not know any of this. $50 could have been her portion of an employer plan. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #41

Except it wasn't. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #42

Remember when Michael Moore went on CBS NYC Liberal Oct 2013 #26

Koch dealers probably tossed her a free 8-ball Blue Owl Oct 2013 #27

"Great reporting Jan" is the biggest lie of that video. IronLionZion Oct 2013 #29

See my post 33 about the reporter: Raine1967 Oct 2013 #34

This insurance company ploy should have been OUTLAWED. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #37

or they should have been required to confess that their coverage was so BAD SoCalDem Oct 2013 #40

Yes, at least that, to take off the mask. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #44

NONE of this, true, false, or otherwise, should even BE! Health-care $$ ought come from our TAXES. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #39

wish CBS news would tell us what she got for $50 month mountain grammy Oct 2013 #43