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ObamaCare's Numbers Game
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 09/18/2014 | IBD Staff

Posted on 09/19/2014 3:28:52 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer

Health Reform: It seems the administration had been exaggerating the number of people enrolled in ObamaCare to the tune of about 700,000. We're shocked! Shocked!

At a hearing Thursday, Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, finally confessed that 7.3 million were enrolled in ObamaCare plans as of mid-August.

In other words, the administration had been inflating the "enrollment" number nearly 10% by counting anyone who had completed the application process, not those who paid their premiums.

Now, they say it's no big deal, because everyone expected some attrition. But even this new, lower number is likely to be inflated.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cmm; healthcare; obama; obamacare; obamacareenrollment

1 posted on 09/19/2014 3:28:52 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
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The new “number” includes criminal illegals
and foreign felons.

NOthing new for the First Moslem Imposter by Pelosi’s fraud
and the US Congress’ abdication.


2 posted on 09/19/2014 3:36:24 AM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: IBD editorial writer

Just the word ‘attrition’ trys to adds credence to this shell game by offering the thoughts of high attainment as (false) premise to those already in step with socialism.


3 posted on 09/19/2014 4:11:34 AM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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Just the word ‘attrition’ trys to adds credence to this shell game by offering the thoughts of high attainment as (false) premise to those already in step with socialism.


4 posted on 09/19/2014 4:11:52 AM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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And how many of those 7.3 million - or whatever the real number is - had insurance before obamacare? What I'd like to know is how many of the tens of millions of previously uninsured has obamacare really covered?

I suspect that a high percentage, possibly even a majority, of the people signed up for obamacare were formerly insured through other means. There were a lot of people forced into obamacare when employers dropped plans, or insurance companies discontinued non-compliant plans.

So that's my question. How many people, really, were brought into coverage? We're sacrificing rights and freedoms. Setting a terrible precedent. We've expanded government control and bureaucracy. Introduced waste and inefficiencies. Forced some healthcare professionals out of the business. For what? What have we gained? Nothing even remotely worth it IMHO.

5 posted on 09/19/2014 5:30:19 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Grampa Dave; granite; GreenFreeper; grjr21; I got the rope; IchBinEinBerliner; jaredt112; JayB; ...

IBD EDITORIAL PING


6 posted on 09/19/2014 5:55:34 AM PDT by raptor22 (Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
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To: IBD editorial writer

US population clock

http://www.census.gov/popclock/

318, 916, 015


7 posted on 09/19/2014 9:17:42 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: IBD editorial writer

Wake up call!


8 posted on 09/19/2014 10:32:46 AM PDT by Loud Mime (arguetheconstitution.com See if the video makes sense to you.)
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