Skip to main content
  • CNSNews.com
  • MRC TV
  • Biz & Media
  • Culture & Media
  • TimesWatch
  • Take Action!

Join Us @:
Facebook
Twitter
Amazon Kindle

Free email alerts!

NewsBusters logo
May 20, 2013
  • Home
  • Blogs
  • About
  • Forum
  • Take Action
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Search
  • RSS

Hot Topics

  • IRS Targets Tea Party
  • Benghazi Fiasco
  • Gosnell Trial
  • Censoring the News
Home » Blogs » Matt Hadro's blog
  • Crowley to Obama Advisor: 'Why Didn't the President Just Say, Yeah, Benghazi Was a Terrorist Attack?'
  • CBS's Sharyl Attkisson Says Team Obama 'Perfected' Delaying Info Release And Has 'Quit Talking to Me Altogether'
  • Fareed Zakaria Howler: 'Obama’s World View is Rooted in American Exceptionalism'
  • Video: Brent Bozell Cautions Media Will Quickly Revert to Defending Obama, Attacking GOP Over Scandals
  • Bozell Column: 'Progress' Gets Canceled
  • CNN's Banfield: 'Take Me Off the Ledge' and Tell Me IRS Audits Weren't Political
  • NBC's Williams Ready to Move On: 'It's Tough to Know the Staying Power of Any Given Scandal'
  • Video: Bozell, Hannity Amused That Obama Sycophant Chris Matthews Worried Obama's White House Filled with Yes-Men

Is This a Commercial? CNN Uses Characters to Tug Hearts on ObamaCare Being Overturned

By Matt Hadro | June 27, 2012 | 16:22

A  A

President Obama created a fictional woman "Julia" to help argue how his policies would support a person's well-being over her lifetime. Well, CNN pulled the same propaganda tactic on Wednesday to show the necessity of ObamaCare to the livelihood of various people.

Medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen told the situation of three hypothetical persons in nothing less than a case for the upholding of ObamaCare. And this isn't the first time she's tried to play on the heartstrings of her audience, as she hyped the fears of an epileptic three year-old girl and her family back in March as the Court was hearing oral arguments for Obama's health care law. [Video below the break. Audio here.]

Cohen kicked off her report with "Leukemia Survivor Bobby" who would lose his coverage because of a preexisting condition. Anchor Don Lemon foolishly wondered if the hypothetical case would actually affect the Court's decision.

"I wonder if that weighs into the Court's decision. I don't know the legal – I'm not sure about that. That would have been a good question for Jeffrey," he said of Jeff Toobin, CNN's legal analyst.

Cohen touted the health care law's "biggest expansion of Medicaid ever," and therefore "Medicaid Marlene" would miss the cut if ObamaCare was overturned. "This is huge, and an often overlooked part of this law, is that all these people, it's the biggest expansion of Medicaid ever. And if this law is overturned, she's also out of luck," Cohen insisted.

She also touched on "Gwen the Graduate" who is under the age of 26 and thus on her parents' insurance. "Tomorrow, if the Supreme Court throws out the entire law, Gwen's in trouble. Gwen will not have insurance," Cohen asserted.

A transcript of the segment, which aired on June 27 on Newsroom at 1:06 p.m. EDT, is as follows:

DON LEMON: As complex as the health care law may be, it's ultimately about real people – real people – and the rules put in place to protect them. Our senior medical correspondent, of course, is Elizabeth Cohen. She's here to explain how tomorrow's ruling might affect your family. So Elizabeth, you have three types of people to talk about. Who's up first?

ELIZABETH COHEN: Alright, let's talk about "Leukemia Survivor Bobby." He's one of those millions of people who Jeff Toobin just talked about. Leukemia Survivor Bobby has had a terrible time because his parents are employed, but the employer does not give insurance. And they went to go looking for insurance for him, and no one wants to insure a leukemia survivor. They said forget it.

LEMON: Preexisting condition.

COHEN: Preexisting condition, we're not doing it. In 2010, Bobby got insurance because of ObamaCare. Well guess what, if the Supreme Court overturns it, the entire law, tomorrow, Bobby's out of luck.

LEMON: Oh really?

COHEN: Bobby doesn't have insurance, yeah. I mean, he – the insurance companies will not be required to cover him anymore. And again, insurance companies are businesses, they're not charities. Why would you want to cover someone who's a cancer survivor? Because the chances of him getting cancer again, they're there.

LEMON: I wonder if that weighs into the Court's decision. I don't know the legal – I'm not sure about that. That would have been a good question for Jeffrey. Okay, so what about young adults? Because, remember, you can be on your parents' until you're 26, correct? What about young adults?

COHEN: Exactly. So we have "Gwen the Graduate." So Gwen, again, is also happy because ObamaCare let her stay on her parents' insurance. She's 25, she's allowed to stay on her parents' insurance. And there are three million Gwens out there who got coverage because of ObamaCare. Tomorrow, if the Supreme Court throws out the entire law, Gwen's in trouble. Gwen will not have insurance.

LEMON: Can – can insurance companies – let's just say it's overturned – just say, okay, we'll cover Gwen or people like Gwen anyway?

COHEN: Several insurance companies have come forward and said we will do that. They said we will still take care of the Gwens of this world even if the law is thrown out.

LEMON: Okay. "ObamaCare," as it has been called, the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare. The largest expansion of Medicaid ever. So who qualifies for it?

COHEN: Yes. Under ObamaCare, 17 million people will go – will be able to get Medicaid. Because right now, Medicaid is only for, or pretty much for, families or for pregnant women who are disabled people, and also your income has to be really low. So let's meet "Medicaid Marlene." Medicaid Marlene earns $15,000. Right now she can't get Medicaid because one, she's an individual, and she's not disabled. And number two, her income's a little bit high. Believe it or not, $15,000 is too rich in many states to get on Medicaid. And under ObamaCare she would be able to get on Medicaid. This is huge, and an often overlooked part of this law, is that all these people, it's the biggest expansion of Medicaid ever. And if this law is overturned, she's also out of luck.

LEMON: If you consider what medical costs are, and you look at $15,000, that's not a lot of money to be putting into health care.

COHEN: Right, and of course she can't buy her own insurance, because an insurance policy is like 10, 12 thousand dollars a year. She could never afford that.

About the Author

Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Click here to follow Matt Hadro on Twitter.
  • Medical Insurance
  • Health Care
  • Don Lemon
  • Elizabeth Cohen
  • CNN
  • CNN Newsroom
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Matt Hadro's blog
  • Login to post comments
  • Printer-friendly version
Stop Censoring The Gosnell Trial!

Comments

Wow

Submitted by amlaml on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 5:07pm.

How did anyone ever live before Obamacare was passed? We can't let that mean old Supreme Court sentence people to death by taking away their healthcare.

What utter foolishness from CNN. But then again, if they weren't utterly foolish, they couldn't be CNN.

  • Login to post comments

Bobby, shared what he caught at an OWS event with Julia.

Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 5:23pm.

ea, dakine.. Preexisting condition.

Maybe BK can give us a visual...
Surf Grommet, til 26.
Couch surfing,
Bitchen dude, sliding her EBT card for cigarettes.

Time is money, the clocks ah ticking---- $15.79 TRILLION today.

It boils down to... Faith in the Stash...

Monster State Run Church....Electronic Benefit Transfer

You Didn't Build That.

  • Login to post comments

Dropping like a stone

Submitted by Restless Legs on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 6:03pm.

And CNN wonders why its ratings are plummeting?

  • Login to post comments

How pathetic!

Submitted by tecumseh75 on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 7:01pm.

How pathetic!

  • Login to post comments

What a bunch of pedophiles

Submitted by gopcongress on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 3:28am.

Seriously. This is a CHILDREN'S SHOW. Characters for children's shows are, by and large, asexual, AS THEY SHOULD BE. Any "wondering" by so called sophisticated metrosexual media types about the "gayness" of a child's show actor can ONLY be defined in one word:

PEDOPHILE.

"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER

  • Login to post comments

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
Stop Censoring The Gosnell Trial!

Editors' Picks

  • Media too prone to fall sway to Obama's referrent power (Salena Zito)
  • Five reasons to keep government out of Internet governance (Eli Dourado)
  • Is asking about what you pray for inappropriate for IRS? IRS commish not sure (Say Anything)
  • Another fed court invalidates Obama's NRLB recess appointments (Politico)
  • Former SecState Hillary Clinton's record leaves much to be desired (Kondracke)
  • Sen. Boxer is lying about impact of budget cuts on Benghazi security (WashPost)
  • Left-wing actor Cusack attacks Obama, Holder over AP scandal (Twitchy)
  • Dopey Chicago gun laws prevent museum from displaying unloaded WW2 relic (Fox News)
  • New Google Maps is flat, clean, user-friendly (Gizmodo)
  • New Google Maps looks spectacular (Mashable)
Walter E. Williams's picture
Walter E. Williams
Walter E. Williams Column: Hating America
Michelle Malkin's picture
Michelle Malkin
Malkin Column: Obama's Emptiest Benghazi Talking Point
Ann Coulter's picture
Ann Coulter
Coulter Column: Sorry, Sen. Rubio, But Your Immigration Plan Is Still Problematic
David Limbaugh's picture
David Limbaugh
David Limbaugh Column: Partisan Obama Culture Spawned a More Abusive IRS
Walter E. Williams's picture
Walter E. Williams
Walter E. Williams Column: An Honest Examination of Race
More >

RSS FeedAmazon KindleFacebookTwitter

Stop Censoring The News!

ObamaCare's a Real Pain in the Neck
more cartoons
  • Bowling for Dollars....to Pay for Baby Deaths
  • Romney: ‘I’m Not a Fan of the President’
  • Krauthammer on IRS Testimony: ‘You've Got to be a Knave or a Fool to Say That and an Idiot to Believe It’
  • Media: Obama Down But Not Out
  • Leno: GOP Should Repeal ObamaCare By Naming it Conservative Non-Profit and Letting IRS Take it Down
More >
NewsBusters

Executive Editor
Matthew Sheffield

Editor at Large
Brent Baker

Senior Editors
Tim Graham
Rich Noyes

Managing Editor
Ken Shepherd

Associate Editor
Noel Sheppard

Contributing Editors
Tom Blumer
Geoffrey Dickens
Dan Gainor
David Limbaugh
Mithridate Ombud
Clay Waters
Scott Whitlock

Senior Contributor
Mark Finkelstein

Contributing Writers
Matthew Balan
Michael M. Bates
Erin R. Brown
Jack Coleman
Kyle Drennen
Douglas Ernst
P. J. Gladnick
Stephen Gutowski
Matt Hadro
D. S. Hube
Kathleen McKinley
Dave Pierre
Amy Ridenour
Julia A. Seymour
Terry Trippany
Rusty Weiss
Brad Wilmouth

Publisher
Brent Bozell

Site Design
Dialog New Media

 

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • About
  • Forum
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Search
  • Account
  • rss
  • CNSNews
  • MRC TV
  • Biz & Media
  • Culture & Media
  • Take Action!
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Amazon Kindle
  • Advertise
  • Jobs

Copyright © 2005-2013 NewsBusters.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use