Low Obamacare Enrollment More Proof of a ‘Disaster’ (When ObamaCare Meets 'berg, Epic Fail haPPens)

Yahoo! News ^ | Eric Pianin, Brianna Ehley - The Fiscal Times

[Grampa Dave]

Insert Titanic Theme song here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saalGKY7ifU

[cableguymn]

There are more uninsured today than there was when they passed this bill.

epic fail and lives are at risk.

[SevenofNine]

MAN this is big epic fail

I haven’t seen program fail since OH GOD I don’t know Heaven Gate the movie from 1980s that almost destroy United Artists for upteenth time LOL!

[goodnesswins]

How many of them are merely transfers from old medicaid to new Ocare?

[wbill]

The regime is counting as ‘signed-up’

Next, they'll be presenting website hits as "enrollees".

[tumblindice]

Gee, I dunno. For some reason I’m reminded of the scene from “Saving Private Ryan” where the Germans have fallen from the pillbox, on fire.
After helplessly taking fire from these guys for over an hour, a GI yells “Let ‘em burn!”

That’s what I’m thinking. The B&O Special is just jumping track ... someone pop some corn!

[Red Badger]

Regardless of how many are duplicates, transfers or just simple inquiries, the point is that the whole system was predicated on MILLIONS of young people signing up in droves the pay for all the ones who have no insurance or are costly elderly patients. They got only the latter and none of the former. This ship is doomed.............

[bigbob]

They’re following the Dot.Com template of launching with a flawed business model in the hope that they will make it up in volume.

[DoughtyOne]

LOL, such rich subject matter..., so little time.

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you Grandpa Dave.

[spawn44]

The only one’s signed up are the drones who can read and will get subsidized (free) health care.

[atc23]

Wouldn't single payer necessitate another biggest tax increase in world history? Not trying to be a wiseacre axing this - but . . seems that there would have to be a way to pay for this besides just printing more worthless greenbacks.

Obama has promised not to raise taxes except on millionaires and billionaires -(his base)

[sevinufnine]

Obamacare = UNinsuring the insured. THAT is the “million” number Obama was really talking about. The amount of folks that will LOSE their insurance.

[tips up]

Medicaid pays doctors/hospitals 50% of what medicare pays. If they merge the two programs, that alone would be a big savings. Problem is that no one will see these patients as they can’t survive as a business. The gov’t then takes over the physicians and the hospitals.

[Ghost of SVR4]

What an absolute waste of wealth.

[VRWC For Truth]

100% pure macaca.

[steve86]

bfl

[steve86]

“Medicaid pays doctors/hospitals 50% of what medicare pays”

Appears to be .66 overall according to this table:

http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-to-medicare-fee-index/

[tips up]

Interesting table. Some more rural states have Medicaid that pays more than Medicare. Much variability among states and what is being billed.

Bottom line is that if physicians are shying away from Medicare, what happens when you offer them 2/3 of an already crappy rate?

[steve86]

Yes, those inverted ratios are odd. Was meaning to look into whether it is because Medicare is low or Medicaid is high.