The reporter balanced this out with a pro-ObamaCare example: "But in Miami, Maggie Fernandez told us she's been cutting her high blood pressure pills in half, waiting to buy insurance since losing her job earlier this year."Posted on 09/26/2013 8:07:06 PM PDT by Kaslin
ABC on Wednesday morning dismissed Ted Cruz as "bizarre." But that night on the network's World News, reporter Jeff Zeleny featured a man who will lose his health coverage because of ObamaCare. In a noticeable break from Good Morning America's coverage, Zeleny also allowed, "The bottom line for millions: many young and healthy will likely pay more while older and sick Americans get a break and costs vary widely."
On GMA, Zeleny skipped the substance of Cruz's complaints against the health care law. On World News, the journalist conceded, "[Cruz] told story after story how families are bracing for ObamaCare." Zeleny highlighted, "In Pittsburgh, Dan Howard received a letter saying his policy will be cancelled because of the new law. Married with six children, he's struggling to find coverage."
The reporter balanced this out with a pro-ObamaCare example: "But in Miami, Maggie Fernandez told us she's been cutting her high blood pressure pills in half, waiting to buy insurance since losing her job earlier this year."
However, Zeleny's Wednesday night story at least acknowledged the complaints against ObamaCare and the substance of Cruz's arguments. That is an improvement over Good Morning America.
[Thanks to MRC intern Paul Bremmer for the transcript.]
6:35:20
DIANE SAWYER: And now back here at home, the ongoing drama surrounding the major change in America's health care system coming. ObamaCare taking effect on October 1st, but in a last-ditch stand against it, one senator has performed his own endurance test. ABC senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny.
TED CRUZ: I told the American people that I intended to stand until I can stand no more.
JEFF ZELENY: So Ted Cruz stood fast for 21 hours, 19 minutes, a symbolic fight against a health care law. After reading a bedtime story via C-SPAN to his two daughters in Texas...
CRUZ: Do you like green eggs and ham?
Senator Ted Cruz stayed awake for at least 21 hours to debate Obamacare. Mr. Obama couldn’t even stay awake to find out what happened in Benghazi.
Where I work we were notified they would no longer offer Health Insurance to part-time workers and directed to sign onto Obamas Government plan.
Full-timers had their coverage lowered with higher co-pays and less coverage.
Further.... full-time ‘salaried workers’ were recently changed to ‘hourly’.
Here they changed the policy on part-time employees so they can’t work more than 30 hours a year ago. I had to write a program to report on the hours part-time employees punch into the clock weekly that identifies if they enter more than 30 hours so they can be corrected immediately.
Oh yes...they did that here too....It use to be 35 hours...then lowered to 32....now it’s 30...but most are ‘scheduled’ for 28 or lower so that no one goes beyond the 30.
Interesting too that it took just ‘72 hours’ for Obama to send a CIA team to investigate the Mall Raid in Kenya....but three weeks before any were sent to Benghazi!!!
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Does ABC mock all the folks who stood against communism for the last 100 years?
It irks me to no end and saddens me that we have had so many die for a country that capitulated so easily to Obama. The crazy folks who pushed the Patriot Act on us are disgraceful. The media persons who are all in for the government to ruIn the lives of millions are a disgrace.
I am thankful for Senator Cruz staying true to American principals. It is a shame that a veteran such as McCain gave in so easily.
It’s tailored Dem propaganda messaging. One message for the soccer moms watching GMA and a different message for the blue hairs watching the nightly news.
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