Just because the tech people building out the website failed doesn't mean Obamacare is a failure. They are two different things.
Wow it's quiet in here. Not even first page news anymore. http://www.latimes.com/business/hil...wreck-20140501,0,5431523.column#axzz30fxIfZ37 Positive news reports about insurance enrollments under Affordable Care Act have been coming out so steadily that they barely make headlines anymore. Still searching for a way to depict Obamacare as a "train wreck," GOP critics of the law have no option but to make up the bad news. ... Positive news reports about insurance enrollments under Affordable Care Act have been coming out so steadily that they barely make headlines anymore. Still searching for a way to depict Obamacare as a "train wreck," GOP critics of the law have no option but to make up the bad news. ... Here's the takeaway: The GOP's campaign against the Affordable Care Act is still at full cry, but it's becoming more desperate with every passing day.
Hmm, maybe that is when insurance companies update stats on their plan holders? Regardless the previous dips seem a lot smaller than the new ones...not to mention the nearly 5% drop since the healthcare.gov launch.
looks like Obamacare isn't getting enough young people, but rather getting a lot of old and sick... next stop: jack up the rates
Dude, you're embarrassing yourself. Pretty much anyone with any sense knows ACA is doing well and is here to stay. BENGHAZI!
^^^ All the major insurance companies have come out with studies that say enough young people have signed up to sustain the law. And foresee more of them getting coverage in the next 5 years. BENGHAZI!
needed 40% between 18-34, got nowhere close to that. Lead story from last Friday http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303948104579535941871360828 WASHINGTON—Just more than a quarter of the eight million people who signed up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act are in the prized demographic of 18 to 34 years old, falling short of the figure considered ideal to keep down policy prices. The data, released Thursday by the Obama administration, painted a more complete picture of enrollment in the plans. They show that about 28% of people picking plans on the state and federal insurance exchanges by April 19—after most states' enrollment deadlines passed—were 18 to 34 years old, a generally healthy group. The proportion is higher than previous counts. But it is significantly below the 40% level that some analysts consider important for holding down rates by balancing the greater medical spending generated by older enrollees.
Well that's certainly not good. Not surprising to be honest. I always thought that a single payer system made more sense but could never happen with the insurance industry as entrenched as it is. I suppose that 28% is a start and they will need to get to that 40% if they are to make this thing work.
Good news for Obamacare? Mass. reforms might be saving 320 lives a year. New research credits the state's implementation of universal health coverage in 2006 with a marked decrease in statewide death rates. Major parts of Obamacare are based on Massachusetts’ reforms. ...
Clown car backfires. Obamacare enrollment hearing a total flop for Republicans It's not clear what House Republicans thought they would get out of a hearing with health insurance executives Thursday Wednesday morning. They apparently intended to prove that Obamacare was failing and that only 67 percent of who signed up weren't paying their premiums, but some of those executives have publicly panned Republican efforts to downplay Obamacare enrollments as "incredibly rigged," and they've been saying for the last few weeks that people are paying up at a rate of over 80 percent. But the Republicans went ahead and had their hearing and it was a disaster for them. So much so, some Republican members slinked out of the hearing well before it was over. Democratic lawmakers were emboldened to defend the Affordable Care Act with renewed vigor and levity, creating a dynamic rarely seen in the debate over ObamaCare. Adding to the irregularity, exits on the Republican side at a subcommittee hearing led by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) allowed multiple Democrats to speak in a row and let heavy Democratic criticisms of Republicans go unanswered, a contrast with the heated exchanges of last fall. […] But Republicans were visibly exasperated as insurers failed to confirm certain assumptions about ObamaCare, such as the committee's allegation that one-third of federal exchange enrollees have not paid their first premium. Four out of five companies represented said more than 80 percent of their new customers had paid. The fifth, Cigna, did not offer an estimate.
Brutal for republicans on the Hill today via Business Insider The GOP's Latest Anti-Obamacare Talking Point Just Went Down In Flames Three of the country's largest insurers — Aetna, WellPoint, and Health Care Service Corp., which operates Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in several states — said between 80-90% of new customers who enrolled through Obamacare paid their first month's premiums
