More pure BS. The only true fact here is that someone hasn't ordered pizza in a while.

You forgot to factor in the new 27 year olds that are coming off their parents policy and that is only the beginning. The nasty stuff has been delayed until after the elections. 2015 is going to be a very unhealthy year in so many ways.

How big do the numbers have to be for visibility in your eyes?

I doubt anyone else had problems seeing the 6 million plus figure. It did take up the whole map.... which filled the screen.

And not a "communist" govt.! A commie govt would make sure it worked before imposing it. A fascist govt on the other hand would implement it working or not, then soak the people for repairs on top of the damage it caused, then tax it, cover little, penalize Drs with lower compensation payments, then when it all fails to fill the coffers of govt and the insurance companies as expected, soak the people yet again to bail out the insurance companies, subsidize govt, but not the Drs, or the people who suffered as a result.


Gee wait! That sounds like Obozocare to a T!

On Owebamacare enrollment, insurers don't share government's optimism

The Obama administration'��s most recent tally of enrollees under the Affordable Care Act highlights the wildly divergent views of the program's success status. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) touted figures released Wednesday as reason for optimism, while others see only warning signs amid the statistics.

According to HHS, enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace shot up by 53 percent in January over the previous three months and 27 percent of last months enrollees were the highly desirable young adults ages 18-34, who are vital to making the system financially viable. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a press release stating that signups among young adults, nicknamed “young invincibles in insurance industry jargon, was up 3 percentage points from October through December and outpaced all other age groups combined.

“Nearly 3.3 million people enrolled in the Health Insurance Marketplace plans by Feb. 1, 2014�with January alone accounting for 1.1 million plan selections in state and federal marketplaces, read a press statement issued Wednesday by Sebelius.

But the rosy portrait shatters under an alternate interpretation by insurance industry representative Robert Laszewski of Health Policy and Strategy Associates.

Obama's arbitrary health care flexibility. They made a big deal about the age results, said Laszewski after reviewing the HHS numbers. “But the greater challenge for them is the low number of people enrolling. There is no way you can get a good spread of risk with such a small percentage of the total eligible signing up.

CBS News also received a guarded analysis from a source involved in implementation of the Affordable Care Act who supports Obamacare.

The source said the bump of young invincibles to 27 percent of January enrollees was “progress, but added they neglect to point out that they need roughly 40 percent to help achieve a balanced risk pool necessary under a successful business model.

“3.3 million people is still a relatively small proportion of the population that ��should be interested," added the source, who is not authorized to speak on behalf of the administration and does not wish to be identified.

Laszewski has a strikingly similar analysis and says HHS��s reported number of 3.3 million enrollees exaggerates the true picture. He says that to calculate a more accurate number, one must subtract about 20 percent of the enrollees because they haven'��t paid (and so aren't technically insured); as well as about two-thirds of the enrollees because they were already insured prior to signing up for Obamacare.

“Looking at the total of 3.3 million, netting out the non-pays, and listening to the anecdotal carrier reports, it doesn't look like we have more than a fraction--certainly something less than 10%-- of the previously uninsured, said Laszewski.

The Obama administration insists the January figures reflect positive movement in the troubled initiative.

��These encouraging trends show that more Americans are enrolling every day, and finding quality, affordable coverage in the Marketplace, said Sebelius.

Laszewski gave an example of why he disagrees. California and Washington State accounted for about a fourth of the January total with a combined 817,000 enrollees. “However, those two states canceled much more than that as of January 1,” said Laszewski.

The real question should be: "What good is expensive insurance that no Dr or hospital is willing to accept because they can't afford to and stay in business?"

So true, and what good is expensive insurance with a deductible so high it function more like catastrophic insurance at a much higher price. Still means no health care, just expensive medical care.

Edited for oversized image.

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You are so polite and pleasant.

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