Igor Volsky: 6 Reasons Why Obamacare Enrollment Is Going Better Than You Think

[Playinghardball]

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that between 40,000 and 50,000 uninsured Americans signed up for health care coverage in the 36 states where the federal government is running the Obamacare exchanges. But the initial estimate doesn’t tell the whole story about how many people are connecting to coverage. Here is what you need to know about the enrollment figures

More than 500,000 have signed up for insurance overall. Avalere Health, a consulting firm tracking sign-ups, estimates that at least 440,000 people have signed up for Medicaid and another 49,000 people enrolled in coverage in 12 states and the District of Columbia that are operating their own exchanges. Significantly, that state number don’t appear to include enrollment from California, Massachusetts, or Oregon. Thus, all told, more than 529,000 have enrolled in coverage.

More here: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/12/2923931/obamacare-enrollment-going-better-think/

http://theobamadiary.com/

[northoftheborder]

1. somebody needs to shout out these numbers on television/radio - Ed or Rachel, or Bashir, the Cycle

[ProSense]

2. Also, the WSJ numbers are

people who have already paid for their plans. There are likely tens of thousands more who have already selected a plan. Think Progress:

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that between 40,000 and 50,000 uninsured Americans signed up for health care coverage in the 36 states where the federal government is running the Obamacare exchanges, offering the very first estimate of the administration’s progress in implementing the Affordable Care Act. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to release official figures later this week. That number “will include people who have paid for a health plan and those who simply picked a plan and put it in their online shopping cart,” the Washington Post notes.

[freshwest]

4. Confusing. 40K to 50K signed up in WA. In TX, 3K signed vs. 100K applied, 80K eligible.

WA has a state exchange that is doing very well.

TX is well... can't tell what the story there is.

So when this story cites a number less than WA. all I can do is

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3. The detractors are putting too much effort into this...

At this stage of the game. If every little right wing comment is refuted (in the media) at this stage, they'll come up with new shit to refute.

I say give them a little rope. There will be time to shoot all them all down - they got nothing.