Posted on 12/22/2013 5:42:34 AM PST by tobyhill
His health care plan facing a dicey transition, President Barack Obama said Friday that insurance sign-ups are surging now that the government's website is working better for consumers. But it was too soon to say the rollout has turned the corner.
More than 1 million people have enrolled since Oct. 1, Obama said at his end-of-the-year press conference. That's more than two-and-a-half times the number on Nov. 30, when major fixes to the website were completed. At that point, only 365,000 had signed up through new federal and state markets offering subsidized private insurance.
"That is a big deal," Obama said of getting coverage for uninsured people. "That's why I ran for this office."
Separately, officials said 3.9 million people have qualified for government health care through the law's Medicaid expansion. Even so, things aren't exactly humming along.
HealthCare.gov was down for part of the day Friday, as technicians attempted to fix an error that occurred Thursday night when the site was undergoing routine maintenance, officials explained.
The administration cannot afford for the balky website to crash this weekend. Because of Monday's deadline to sign up so coverage can take effect Jan. 1, unusually heavy traffic is expected on the federal site and those run by states.
Largely hidden from consumers, another set of technical problems is frustrating insurers, who say the government continues to send them inaccurate data on some enrolled individuals. Insurers call some of those jumbled enrollment files "orphans" and others "ghosts."
They could turn into gremlins after Jan. 1 for some patients trying to use their new coverage. Consumers might show up at the pharmacy counter or doctor's office only to be told they're not in the system.
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Signed up maybe, probably not. How many of that million actually paid the insurer and have an actual policy?
It’s all about data mining...your bank accounts and the govt rights to collect. No lookback here like in Medicaid. That’s the BIG difference.
Even if they did press the “buy” button, would they actually have health insurance? If the back end is not yet in place, I don’t think they can legitimately say anyone that has signed up for Obamacare actually has insurance.
“THE BIGGEST LIAR TO EVER SERVE AS PRESIDENT HAS LIED ONCE AGAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN HE CLAIMED MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE SELECTED A PROGRAM BY LEAVING IN THEIR SHOPPING CART AFTER FAINTING AT THE ENORMOUS COST OF THEIR ONLINE ESTIMATE”.
This would be an honest headline perhaps 30 years ago... but we have no free press left in America and the evil that parades as a press corps is doing satan’s bidding.
So, let me get this right: for every 1 then signs up for Obamacare, 4 sign up for Medicaid?
How many WROTE CHECKS? That is the number I want to see.
Probably 1% of that number if that.
$105 is for Part B & no prescription. You still need a supplement for C & D....about $100 a month
Just going by my own experience, my supplementary policy is through my former employer and includes a prescription drug plan as well as dental and vision. Former employer also reimburses me for medicare premiums.
My former employer is also the primary provider for my wife and two minor children, who aren't on Medicare.
Only cheaper in the immediate as compared to the money wasted by the child king. As the uninsured were across the spectrum on income, you would get twice as many at the trough the next year.
The cheapest and most effective plan would be for the federal government to exit healthcare stage right.
Carney on January 15, 2014, “The president misspoke when he said 1 million. He meant 50.”
If King FUBO said it, it’s a damn lie.
I hear that to encourage applications, the government is making them available at Target stores.
I don’t believe that number any more than I believe their unemployment figures. Even if by some miracle it is true. (And I do mean that would be miraculous) Let’s talk about the roughly 5x that many people who have lost their insurance coverage due to obamacare. If it really was about helping people, then you should recognize and concede it is an utter failure and repeal it, all of it, not this little piece by piece bs. But then, obamacare never really was about helping people, was it? It is about power and control. That is why they won’t abandon it, no matter how obviously flawed it is.
Remember it is OK for a muslime to lie to infidels.
I’ve always had to pay my own health insurance so I’m in a different position.
How many HAD to write checks. The people that are signed up are the same ones that filled up the chairs at the Emergency room...where there is a HUGE sign....”No one is turned away”.
Why he continues to talk is amazing when only those with an IQ that is lower than a rock believe ANYTHING he says or does.
It is so bad that even his reflection in the mirror does not believe him.
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