The Federalist’s Mary Katharine Ham let CNN’s Chris Cuomo have it in a discussion about the unaffordability of Obamacare.
Ham pointed out Thursday on “New Day” that mandates added onto health insurance plans makes them too expensive and dropping the federally mandated essential health benefits allows states to choose what’s best for themselves.
“You can be nasty about it or you can listen to me” @mkhammer jabs at @ChrisCuomo in morning health care discussion https://t.co/2tKItvwzTJ
— New Day (@NewDay) March 23, 2017
“That’s part of balancing this whole act, and part of trying to bring down these prices by getting rid of some of these essential elements because you sir, are paid for pediatric dental even if you don’t have children. That is a problem,” Ham said.
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“Right. But state by state – There was a reason, right? Everything has a reason. And this was about preexisting conditions,” Cuomo interjected. Ham quickly suggested that this was “because liberals love federal power.”
“Look, you can be cheap about it or you can look at the facts,” Cuomo responded.
“You can be nasty about it or you can listen to me,” Ham fired back.
@NewDay @mkhammer @ChrisCuomo @CNN MKH finger snap or Mic drop, your preference. because that was awesome
— John N. (@Jn916691) March 23, 2017
@NewDay @mkhammer @ChrisCuomo @CNN haha!! Cuomo takes another one on the chin. #hack
— OZ (@chrisoz82) March 23, 2017
When Cuomo attempted to corner Ham on the reason why the regulations were deemed necessary for Obamacare, Ham shredded the argument by documenting her own experiences as a single mother of two children facing losing a plan, a 160 percent increase in her premiums and a 300 percent increase in her deductible.
“People are getting coverage that they cannot use because it is so expensive. That is something we have to deal with,” Ham concluded. “One of the ways you can deal with that is cutting some of these, quote unquote, essential health benefits because some of them are, indeed, not essential.”
After the segment, some viewers who took offense to Ham’s “disrespect” of Cuomo vented on Twitter but the CNN anchor rose up to his guest’s defense.
@ChrisCuomo Why pay the likes of Mary Katherine Ham for peddling cheap lies paid for by special interests? Why aren’t real experts on CNN?
— punk (@punkceo) March 23, 2017
not fair. mk and i can dispute facts, doesnt make either of us bad. dont fall into cheap appraisal like this. mk value added. https://t.co/DITuFUE4gG
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) March 23, 2017
@ChrisCuomo She disrespects you. She shouldn’t be given airtime
— maria (@mearley22) March 23, 2017
i dont think so. @mkhammer is passionate and smart. i dont have her on to agree with every assertion. she is @NewDay family. https://t.co/QzWI4V0wkz
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) March 23, 2017
Ham joined the conversation and put the segment into perspective.
Chris can handle me getting salty in the morning! See y’all soon, @ChrisCuomo! https://t.co/spu4cf5rVR
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) March 23, 2017
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