Update on Crème-de-la-Dumb Elisabeth Hasselbeck's faceplant on Faux&Friends

[Major Nikon]

I posted about this yesterday and sure enough it was covered by Rawstory today.

Fox News’ Hasselbeck: Obamacare is hurting ‘many’ elderly pregnant women

If you want to skip through all the Faux BS in the video the hilarity starts at 1:25. Stuart Varney, who evidently is the only one in the room north of a room temperature IQ, tries to drop her a crumb so she can correct herself and she still doesn't get it. The look on his face at 1:36 is classic as he realizes he's in a room full of morons.

[seabeyond]

1. unless i didnt catch it. to be fair. she did not say elderly preg women.

he was talking elderly. she goes to preg women without really listening to the man talking about elderly and then she didnt say much after.

but. i really did skip to about 1:30.

[Major Nikon]

2. It's a medicare program so elderly is by default

[seabeyond]

3. i skipped too far. now that you tell me that is what they were talking, that is funny. nt

[Major Nikon]

4. I should have been more clear in encouraging everyone to skip ahead

I laughed out loud when I saw this at the gym yesterday. I don't think anyone else got it either.

[BainsBane]

10. I missed that too

Rape porn has addled my mind.

[Kaleva]

5. You don't have to be elderly to be enrolled in a medicare advantage plan

"You live in the service area of the plan you want to join. The plan can give you more information about its service area. If you live in another state for part of the year, check to see if the plan will cover you there.

You have Medicare Part A and Part B.

You don't have End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) ."

http://www.medicare.gov/sign-up-change-plans/medicare-health-plans/medicare-advantage-plans/who-can-join-medicare-advantage-plan.html

I'm 54 and I would qualify for a medicare advantage plan as I meet all the above requirements.

[Major Nikon]

6. You have to be on medicare to qualify

So yes, you can be permanently disabled, have kidney failure or Lou Gehrig's disease and be younger than 65, but I don't think too "many" of those are pregnant either.

[Kaleva]

7. Yes. But one doesn't need to be 65 or older to be on Medicare

I'm fully disabled and on SSDI so I qualify for and am on Medicare.

However, I'm not trying to argue with the point you are making in your OP. Just pointing out that one doesn't have to be 65 or older to be on Medicare. If a person is younger then 65 but disabled, they can be on it to.

[Major Nikon]

9. There are outliers

My mom qualified for medicare before she was 65 so I know what you're talking about, but when speaking about a medicare plan, the vast majority are going to be over 65, so it's just another example of Hasslebeck injecting nonsense into the conversation just as she did for years on The View. Obviously she is there on Faux for nothing more than window dressing. I often hear guys at the gym talking about how much leg she shows. Nobody seems to mind that she's a complete idiot. I have no idea why anyone would think she's the least bit relevant.

[Kaleva]

11. You are quite correct and I was just nit picking over a tiny detail.

I agree with what you've been saying in this thread.

[BainsBane]

12. We're talking about small numbers of women on SSDI who are actually pregnant

Hasslebeck just inserted what she had heard about medical plans in general.

[Kaleva]

13. See post #11

[Tikki]

8. Sounds like she is so desperate to fit in she just says stuff and doesn't really listen...

Tikki

[Skittles]

14. dumber than a fence post

I bet Fox News fans did not catch it