CBS Highlights Young ObamaCare Enrollees’ ‘Peace of Mind’

‘You’re no longer a ticking time bomb?’

White House PR? CBS Highlights Young ObamaCare Enrollee's 'Peace of Mind' (NewsBusters)

As the networks reported on President Obama's Tuesday "victory lap" over ObamaCare's new enrollment numbers, CBS played right into the administration's hands by highlighting the "peace of mind" of a young adult who signed up for health care.

In what could have passed for a White House commercial, CBS's Ben Tracy interviewed an uninsured 33 year-old who "felt like a ticking time bomb" before he signed up for ObamaCare at the deadline. He told CBS "now I have it, so it's – it's sort of a peace of mind thing for me.

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