Posted on 04/01/2014 8:02:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Beating expectations, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance on deadline day Monday, government officials told The Associated Press.
The 7 million target, thought to be out of reach by most experts, was in sight on a day that saw surging consumer interest as well as vexing computer glitches that slowed sign-ups on the HealthCare.gov website.
Two government officials confirmed the milestone, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of an official announcement.
Seven million was the original target set by the Congressional Budget Office for enrollment in taxpayer-subsidized private health insurance through new online markets created under Obama's signature legislation.
That was scaled back to 6 million after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov last fall. Several state-run websites also had crippling problems.
Americans who rushed to apply for health insurance Monday faced long, frustrating waits and a new spate of website ills on deadline day.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...
well...it doesn't get any more credible than that (rolling eyes)
WHOOPS, they screwed up. SOMEone is going to the Alaskan GULAG.
You’re right. I’d say we need a “net” sign up....which would probably be 632.
Where is the guy who always posts “Why are you posting this crap to FR”? when I post such articles?
Numbers yesterday.
4.5 Million new Medicaid enrollments
2 Million new insured (Less than 1/2 have paid)
3 Million now covered by parent’s insurance up to age 26.
so it was 6,000,000 yesterday and 24 hours later it’s 7,000,000. i say Phooey! on that
No surprise the stepford “media” would make this announcement. The figure is probably closer to 2 million, but when the government owns the figures, the government owns the argument.
Why are you posting this crap to FR?
April Fool!
“I don’t believe this either. They are counting people put on medicaid which they were already eligible for, the people who lost insurance and went to the exchange to try and find insurance’
Yep, 2 Million Americans turn 65 each year at which point they are eligible for Medicaid. I suspect a vast majority sign up. You won’t hear any of this when Obunga takes a victory lap tonight on the Alphabet soup Networks.
It's actually eleventy-skadillion enrolled! Unicorns! Skittles! Rainbows! Kittens!
The government media has reached a new low. I didn’t think it was possible, but they are plumbing new depths of depravity with this ridiculous Obamacare coverage.
My local station was crowing this morning about it. Said 7 million hit. They said it was Obama’s interview with Zack Galifianakis on “Interview [Bullshit] between Two Palms” or something like that. Who know old Zack had THAT many viewers?
Presstitutes will be presstitutes.
7 million....voila!
Just like unemployment dipping below 7% just before the election.
Sadly in a nation of low information voters, the sheeple will believe this nonsense.
Read Brietbart.
After careful and logical dissection of the real numbers it turns out that about 800k now have “insurance” who were formerly uninsured. About 1.6% of the 48 million uninsured now have Obamacare. Everyone else (and it’s NOT 7 million) either enrolled in Medicaid, signed up but has not/ will not pay the actual premium or already *had* insurance, but lost it due to ObamaCare.
In Maryland, 98% of the ObamaCare enrollees are Medicaid. 2% are paying customers. Yes.....98% are medicaid.
So, Obama has destroyed our health care system to get 1/4 of a percent of Americans “insured”. And the liberals I know think that is a good thing.
And we are all arguing whether we should elect liberal RINOs as preferable to Socialist Dems. We are so screwed.
All the lies in the world can’t continue to cover up the stench of Obamacare as it rots our country from the inside. The media will continue to cover for Obama(care) until they can’t because too many people will have been personally & negatively affected .... it won’t happen soon, but eventually the truth will out and it won’t be pretty.
Can we find out how many of the 7 Million have paid in two months? I know an unemployed guy who just signed up for $50 per month. He is always out of money, can’t keep a job, and is a train wreck. There is no way in hell this guy still has insurance in 2 months.
We know this is a lie, because if they WERE on track to hit 7M, they would be claiming 10M.
OPTICS & NARRATIVE. that’s all it is.
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