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Obamacare's Washington Math
We are awaiting the official figures this week of how many Americans have bought into Obamacare. The reports
are that less than 50,000 Americans have
managed to enroll in the federal Obamacare exchange. This is a far cry
from the 500,000 the administration predicted by the end of October.
Numbers in the state exchanges aren't expected to be much better, around
49,000 enrollees. Reuters points out that this figure represents just 3% of the administration's enrollment
target for 2014. It was expected that 7 million Americans nationwide would sign up for Obamacare by the 2014 target date. Jamie Dupree has a good run down of
how the exchanges are fairing in each of the states that chose to set them up. This includes Oregon - with $3.2 million
worth of hipster songs promoting Covered Oregon - which has yet to enroll a single person into the program!
But when the figures are released, how will we know that they are even
accurate? Yet again, Washington is pulling out its magic calculator.
This time it is to calculate the number of Americans enrolled in
Obamacare. According to the Washington Post
, the Obama administration is changing the definition of who is
considered "enrolled" in Obamacare. It turns out that you don't have to
actually pay for Obamacare to be considered enrolled in Obamacare!
According to an administration official, "In the data that will be
released this week, 'enrollment' will measure people who have filled out
an application and selected a qualified health plan in the
marketplace." So if you actually manage to get onto the website and
browse for a plan, and a plan is sitting in your shopping cart but
you've yet to pay for it, you would be counted as being "enrolled" in
Obamacare.
The number of enrollees is a problem, along with the lack of
competition, which will lead to these rising premium prices. The
Heritage Foundation points out that this is another broken promise
associated with Obamacare. Based on their analysis, "In more than half
of the counties in the U.S., people have only one or two insurance
carriers offering coverage on their exchanges." Yet another broken
promise. I'm not expecting another half-hearted apology from the
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Defrauding, Security & Scams Under Obamacare
If you do nothing else today, take the time to watch the latest
undercover investigation by Project Veritas. This is relates to
Obamacare navigators. An undercover investigation at an Obamacare
navigator site in Texas found navigators suggesting that you lie on your
form about your health habits and income status in order to achieve
lower premiums or higher Obamacare subsidies. The investigation also
finds a supposedly non-project, non-partisan navigator group - Enroll
America - that claims direct ties to the DNC and actively works with an
organization to turn Texas into a Blue state. What's amazing is that
$67 million of your tax dollars has been spent on these Obamacare
navigators. Yet
as we found out from Kathleen Sebelius last week, these people don't
even have to pass background checks in order to qualify as a navigator.
This means that convicted felons, for example, may have access to your
most private information...more
Today's "Hot Topic" On The Hannity Forums:
Was Obamacare designed to fail? - treadmill
I know, I know...I am descending into conspiracy territory here. However
looney it may sound...with this administration...it just might hold
some weight.
It goes like this: Obamacare was designed to fail under its own weight
in order to create a huge mess. Then, the government comes to the
rescue, creating a single payer government system for everyone (except
perhaps the rich libs who thought up this scheme in the first place).
>> TV Tonight (Hannity FoxNews at 10pm ET):
Former President Clinton sounds off on ObamaCare! Sen. Ron Johnson and
Rep. Tom Cotton react. Plus Mike Ditka weighs in on the Miami Dolphins
bullying controversy. And what in the world is going on in Alec
Baldwin's mind? |
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