AP: "Obamacare a success so far? It's hard to say"

[alp227]

Hmm. What do you think of this AP article? Fair minded or subliminal propaganda?

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — After more than a week in action, is a key feature of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul a success or a bust? Judging by the dearth of data, it's virtually impossible to say.

The federal government has released no comprehensive data on how many people have enrolled for health insurance using federally run exchanges, the online marketplaces being used in 36 states for residents to compare and buy insurance. In the 14 states running their own exchanges, the situation isn't much better.

Officials with California's exchange say it will be mid-November until they can say how many people signed up. In Oregon and Colorado, the official number of completed applications is zero. And in Minnesota, which billed itself as a leader in implementing the Affordable Care Act, officials won't release data until next week about the number of applications started and completed.

As a result, a nation obsessed with keeping score to determine winners and losers is finding it difficult to pass immediate judgment on a law that will in large part define the president's legacy.

"Obamacare has a lot of cynics in this country, and it needs to get off to a better start than what we see so far if it's going to be a success," said Bob Laszewski, a Washington, D.C.-based health care industry consultant.

[steve2470]

1. a subtle iteration of "both sides do it", plausible deniability etc nt

[PoliticAverse]

2. The first 10 days of healthcare.gov have not been a success, but things will be fixed and eventually

everyone that wants to get health insurance via the exchanges will (note that sometimes initial failures
generate more publicity for something making it ultimately more popular). The big question, which
ultimately won't be answered until March, is how many healthy people have signed up for insurance to
make the system financially sustainable.