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Former Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Can't Afford Obamacare
NewsBusters ^ | January 25, 2017 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/25/2017 12:02:01 PM PST by PJ-Comix

Help! The Affordable Care Act is not affordable for me!

Remember Mike Elk, the former lethargic Politico labor reporter? The word "lethargic" will forever be attached to his name because despite writing a grand total of five stories in fourteen weeks followed by several months of doing absolutely nothing, while being paid, he compained about the heavy work load at Politico. Nowadays Elk is writing about labor unions at his own Payday Report website funded by his Politico settlement. Unfortunately for Elk, money management doesn't seem to be his strong point since he now has his hand out for money to pay for ObamaCare which he claims he can't afford.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: lethargicreporter; mikeelk; obamacare
This guy also had his hand out to crowdfund a Florida vacation.
1 posted on 01/25/2017 12:02:01 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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now has his hand out for money to pay for ObamaCare which he claims he can't afford
Isn't that what ObamaCare was supposed to do - provide free or subsidized health care to those who are broke? You can't have it both ways.
2 posted on 01/25/2017 12:05:52 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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He should be happy that there will be so many construction jobs opening up, thanks to Pres. Trump. Obviously, he isn’t going to make it as a writer or a beggar.


3 posted on 01/25/2017 12:06:32 PM PST by txrefugee
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He must be writing fake news.

Cant afford obamacare.....? In the same sentence?

This is very, very obvious fake news.


4 posted on 01/25/2017 12:07:53 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Isn't that what ObamaCare was supposed to do - provide free or subsidized health care to those who are broke?

Evidently he earns less than 138% of the FPL and is ineligible for exchange subsidies. Tennessee didn't expand medicaid and is ineligible for that too. The good news is he doesn't have to pay the tax for not having coverage.

5 posted on 01/25/2017 12:16:22 PM PST by EVO X
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Gheeze, and I thought Medicare was complicated.


6 posted on 01/25/2017 12:21:02 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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After a quick web search, it looks to me if he was really sick with the flu he could have found a free clinic. It likely would have been faster than seeing a medicaid doc.

It should be complicated for a 28 year old healthy male. Women and children first..

7 posted on 01/25/2017 1:03:16 PM PST by EVO X
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Dear Mike Elk, tough sh!t. I truly do not care.


8 posted on 01/25/2017 2:48:15 PM PST by Gator113 (I use liberal tears in my milkshake ~DRAIN THE SWAMP~ ~ LOCK HER UP ~ ~DRAIN THE SWAMP~)
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Welcome to the club pal


9 posted on 01/25/2017 2:57:11 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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