Only 50,000 people sign up for Barry-care, govt lowers target numbers

[The Free North]

"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency"

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/politics/obamacare/

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[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Numbers = Games

[Lief 🗽]

Why would anyone sign up and pay for health insurance in October that they won't actually be able to use until January 1st? The numbers will increase exponentially as the deadlines approach.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Why would anyone sign up and pay for health insurance in October that they won't actually be able to use until January 1st? The numbers will increase exponentially as the deadlines approach.

The Administration expected a half million, Lief, so ask them that question.

[krazen1211]

Hahahaha.

0 in Oregon.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

It would've been higher if the website weren't so screwed up.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Sorry to bust the bubble of right-wing loonies with facts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/12/its-not-quite-time-to-freak-out-over-obamacares-enrollment-number/

First, we can compare the rollout to that of the Massachusetts health care law, which had 123 enrollees sign up during the first month of coverage. That ended up accounting for 0.3 percent of first-year enrollment. If we tally up 40,000 enrollees in the federal marketplace --and another 49,000 in the state exchanges, as counted by consulting firm Avalere Health --that works out to about 1.2 percent of the 7 million people the Congressional Budget Office has projected will sign up on the exchange in 2014.

Massachusetts eventually saw a really big spike in enrollment right before the individual mandate kicked in. You can see that in this chart from the New England Journal of Medicine (which Adrianna McIntyre discusses in an aptly titled post, "This chart should be getting more attention.").



We can also look at Medicaid enrollment, which has outpaced some observers' expectations. There have been at least 440,000 Medicaid enrollments so far, according to Avalere. That would put Medicaid about 5 percent toward a projected enrollment of 9 million in 2014.

[Lief 🗽]

Ah, so contrary to libertarian lies, 550000 people have actually signed up for Obamacare. After only one month! Wonderful news.

[Yank2133]

Yeah, this isn't a surprise to anyone familiar with Romneycare. It will pick up as we get closer to the deadline, but it is imperative that the Obama Admin. get the website up and running smoothly.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Why would anyone sign up and pay for health insurance in October that they won't actually be able to use until January 1st? The numbers will increase exponentially as the deadlines approach.

I'm waiting until December, myself.

[barfbag]

Yeah, this isn't a surprise to anyone familiar with Romneycare. It will pick up as we get closer to the deadline, but it is imperative that the Obama Admin. get the website up and running smoothly.

Or maybe it's right in Obama's face.

[Yank2133]

Yeah, this isn't a surprise to anyone familiar with Romneycare. It will pick up as we get closer to the deadline, but it is imperative that the Obama Admin. get the website up and running smoothly.

Or maybe it's right in Obama's face.

Are you real?

[dead0man]

I don't know why the right is bitching so much or what point they expect to make out of it.  It's either going to work and the supporters can say, "see, I told you so" or it's not going to work and they can say, "it failed because it isn't the plan we wanted because we had to compromise with you racist poor haters". 

You've lost this one GOP, move on.

[7,052,770]

I understand the gloating, but the faux-shocked reactions over low enrollment when the website doesn't work is over thetop.  We all knew that broken website = little or no enrollment.

Enjoy it while you can. We'll be the ones gloating in a few months, and a few years, and a few decades.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Hahahaha.

0 in Oregon.

You really believe that, don't you?

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

Let's pin this thread for when December/January roll around.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Considering 100,000 actually signed up nationwide, there's no way it's 0 in Oregon.

[7,052,770]

Considering 100,000 actually signed up nationwide, there's no way it's 0 in Oregon.

Oregon has a state run exchange,  so if their website 100% doesn't work,  it's possible.  Hopefully they'll have it running soon.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Considering 100,000 actually signed up nationwide, there's no way it's 0 in Oregon.

Oregon has a state run exchange,  so if their website 100% doesn't work,  it's possible.  Hopefully they'll have it running soon.

Oregon has enrolled 70000 people in October just in Medicaid.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Considering 100,000 actually signed up nationwide, there's no way it's 0 in Oregon.

Oregon has a state run exchange,  so if their website 100% doesn't work,  it's possible.  Hopefully they'll have it running soon.

Oregon has enrolled 70000 people in October just in Medicaid.

So the CBS affiliate in Seattle LIED when they said it was 0.