Obamacare has led to health coverage for [9.5] millions more [uninsured] people

Los Angeles Times ^ | 30 March 2014 | Noam N. Levey

[Lorianne]

At least 9.5 million previously uninsured people have gotten health insurance since Obamacare started, surveys and reports show. ___

[Lorianne]

Yep

Of course we have no way to check these numbers, this administration being so transparent and all.

[Sacajaweau]

what’s that I smell...

[stylin19a]

from the article...

• At least 6 million people have signed up for health coverage on the new marketplaces, about(Usually means "less than") one-third of whom were previously uninsured.

a lot of somethings something don't add up....

[Lorianne]

It’s a puzzle that’s for sure.

Unfortunately, numbers are free. You can just conjure them up any time you like. It’s not like we can check out the veracity of these claims.

[Paladin2]

Medicaid enrollment increases account for what fraction of that number?

[listenhillary]

Sorry - bad at math.
2 million New coverage
2 + 4.5 = 6.5 million (4.5m Medicaid)
6.5 + 3 million = 9.5 million. (3m now on parents coverage)

[M Kehoe]

And I'm the queen of England.

5.56mm

[Lorianne]

About 50%, which is what they were shooting for assuming all 57 States agreed to expand Medicaid.

[ViLaLuz]

9.5m illegal aliens and Mexican nationals.

[listenhillary]

We didn’t need to spend a trillion dollars or more to add 4.5 million to medicaid and add 3 million to their parents policies.

Those two million new net policies have cost our government $500,000.00 each.

[goodnesswins]

Whoopdee Doo.....they have “health COVERAGE”....doesn’t mean they will get any Health CARE!

[kcvl]

Nov. 2013

LA Times Claims Obamacare Enrollments 'Surging'; Real Numbers Abysmal

In an attempt to find a bright spot in the Obamacare debacle, Los Angeles Times writer Noam N. Levey published an article Monday stating that “enrollment is surging in many states as tens of thousands of consumers sign up for insurance plans made available by President Obama’s health law.” Levey goes on to declare that several states have begun “outpacing their enrollment estimates” and are in some cases tripling enrollment rates: "In Minnesota, enrollment in the second half of October ran at triple the rate of the first half, officials said. Washington state is also on track to easily exceed its October enrollment figure, officials said."

Curiously missing from the article, however, were the actual baseline enrollment figures for states like Minnesota and Washington state whose sign-ups are "triple" and "on track to easily exceed" prior enrollment figures. Indeed, a careful analysis reveals the sad reality of the so-called “surge.”

Press Here

[kcvl]

UNEQUAL TREATMENT What makes a community healthy?

– By Noam N. Levey Reporting from BATON ROUGE, La.
March 9, 2014

Patients begin lining up outside Capitol City Family Health Center before the doors open at 7:30 a.m.

The clinic, on a ragged stretch of the boulevard that separates the black and white sections of town, is a refuge for thousands of this old southern capital’s poorest and sickest residents. They come seeking relief from diabetes, heart disease and other debilitating illnesses.

Twelve hundred miles up the Mississippi River, in the shadow of a public housing tower in St. Paul, Minn., the waiting room at the Open Cities Health Center also fills daily with the city’s poorest.

But the patients in Minnesota receive a very different kind of care, which leads to very different outcomes. They are more likely to get recommended checkups and cancer screenings. If very ill, they can usually see specialists. Their doctors rely on sophisticated data to track results.

Diabetics at the St. Paul clinic are twice as likely as those in Baton Rouge to have their blood sugar under control. That can slow the onset of more serious problems such as kidney failure and blindness.

Young patients with asthma also benefit from Minnesota’s more comprehensive medical system. Asthmatic children in the state’s poorest neighborhoods are 37% less likely than those in Louisiana to end up in a hospital.

http://lbfromlv.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/unequal-treatment-what-makes-a-community-healthy-by-noam-n-levey-photography-video-by-carolyn-cole-reporting-from-baton-rouge-la-march-9-2014/

[no-to-illegals]

It is certainly going to be fun to watch the train wreck of premiums going up for those foolish enough to have signed up.

[kcvl]

Obamacare enrollment hits 4 million

By Noam N. Levey

February 25, 2014

WASHINGTON – Enrollment in health plans sold on marketplaces created by President Obama’s healthcare law has hit 4 million, the administration announced Tuesday, marking another milestone in the law’s implementation. The number suggests sign-ups have continued at a brisk pace in February, with about 700,000 people selecting an insurance plan so far this month.

http://www.tidewaterreview.com/news/politics/la-pn-obamacare-enrollment-hits-4-million-20140225,0,3170971.story#sthash.N88qTCrd.dpuf

[Lorianne]

When the premiums go up, people will just drop out of the system.

It’s not foolish to sign up initially, especially if you are getting a whopping subsidy. You can always drop out when the subsidies end and/or the premiums rise.

Meanwhile you may get a couple of free checkups and maybe a free screening or two and you (supposedly) are covered for a catastrophic event should that occur while you are signed up. Pretty good deal for a few people even if it is short lived.

Outrageous cost to everyone else though.

[MrB]

They aren’t even claiming that many have signed up at all!

[no-to-illegals]

Yes, it does make the program (law) destine to fail. And those penalties go up each year. Going to love hearing the gnashing of teeth from this crowd once they realize they have to pay the penalty for not paying the premiums.

[Lorianne]

I know!
It’s PLAY WITH NUMBERS TIME!

9.5 million of previously uninsured sounds good for today’s number don’t you think?

9.5 has a sort of weighty truthiness about it, it just feels right. If they had said ten it wouldn’t sound as truthy, like they were stretching things a bit.

[blueyon]

“100% unadulterated USDA grade A bullshit.”

I think that just about covers it all..........