Cenk Uygur
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Man Shocked To Learn He's Been Bashing His Own Health Care
Posted
January 14, 2017
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442,056
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8,419
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January 14, 2017
442,056
8,419
1,734
2.30%
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7:11Now PlayingA man on the internet was overjoyed to learn Obamacare will likely be repealed. He thought his Affordable Care Act plan was great though. Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, Grace Baldridge, and Aida Rodriguez, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"He hated it, even cheered for its demise. To one Facebook user, Obamacare was a mistake that needs to be repealed. To that same Facebook user, Obamacare is also his health care insurer—a fact that went unknown to him until it was pointed out publicly online and spread all over in a bout of viral pointing and laughing.
This confused gentleman, whose Facebook status and comments have now been upvoted 21,000 times on Reddit and viewed 5 millions times on Imgur, came into this knowledge after sharing a C-SPAN article, titled “Senate votes 51 to 48 to repeal Obamacare,” with his Facebook friends and proclaiming this makes us “one step closer to fixing this mistake.” It wasn’t long before someone opposed his stance. A commenter wrote, “Really cool of you to treat those of us who need assistance provided by the ACA with such disregard.”
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, Grace Baldridge, Aida Rodriguez
Cast: Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, Grace Baldridge, Aida Rodriguez
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