ObamaCare Financial Meltdown Gets a Whopping 18 Seconds on Network News

Kyle Drennen | August 12, 2016
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

On Friday, a government report revealed Medicaid costs soaring as a result of ObamaCare requiring a massive expansion of the government welfare program. The Associated Press explained: “In a recent report to Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the cost of expansion was $6,366 per person for 2015, about 49 percent higher than previously estimated.” Despite such a stunning development that could seriously undermine the law, the news only got a grand total of 18 seconds on the broadcast networks.

All of those 18 seconds were on Friday’s NBC Today, buried in the middle of the 9:00 a.m. ET hour amid Olympics coverage. At 9:30, news anchor Sheinelle Jones noted: “A new government report says the cost of expanding Medicaid, a key part of ObamaCare, is rising faster than expected. President Obama wants to extend full federal funding as an incentive for the 19 states that have yet to adopt Medicare expansion. But higher cost estimates could make it harder to convince Congress to go along.”

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