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IronLionZion

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30. Consumer Reports called it "junk insurance"

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:14 AM

Oct 2013

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cbs-news-misleading-obamacare-report-womans-plan-paid-50-per-service-doesnt-cover-hospitalization/

The new plans cost about the same with subsidies, but are infinitely superior in coverage.

More open-minded and curious people are doing much better than those who don't know any better. Unfortunately for them, the GOP doesn't want them to even bother looking. Its up to us to get them to look.

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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