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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: The Official Obamacare Numbers And What They Mean For The Future Of Health Care Reform
BREAKING: The Official Obamacare Numbers And What They Mean For The Future Of Health Care Reform
By Igor Volsky
The Obama administration released Octobers enrollment numbers for HealthCare.gov on Wednesday afternoon, providing the first official glimpse into the administrations progress towards implementing the Affordable Care Act. Here is the breakdown:
Ultimately, the numbers provide only a snapshot into a six-month long enrollment process.
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/13/2936311/100000-people-enrolled-private-obamacare-plan-administration-officials-claim/
By Igor Volsky
The Obama administration released Octobers enrollment numbers for HealthCare.gov on Wednesday afternoon, providing the first official glimpse into the administrations progress towards implementing the Affordable Care Act. Here is the breakdown:
- 106,185: filled out the application and have selected a plan through a federally run or state run exchange.
- 79,391: filled out the application and have selected a plan through a state-run exchange.
- 26,794: filled out the application and have selected a plan through a federal exchange.
- 846,184: filled out the application but have not yet selected a plan
- 1,509,883: individuals applying for coverage with completed applications
- 1,081,592: total individuals eligible to enroll in an exchange plan
- 396,261: eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
Ultimately, the numbers provide only a snapshot into a six-month long enrollment process.
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/13/2936311/100000-people-enrolled-private-obamacare-plan-administration-officials-claim/
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BREAKING: The Official Obamacare Numbers And What They Mean For The Future Of Health Care Reform (Original Post)
ProSense
Nov 2013
OP
Now you know why the Rethuglicans wanted to shut down the government last month!
Major Hogwash
Nov 2013
#5
ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
krispos42
(49,445 posts)2. K&R n/t
ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. "There have been 846,184 applications completed...
But only 106,185 have chosen an actual plan."
Ezra Klein:
<...>
1. There have been 846,184 applications completed. Because many of these applications are for families, they cover 1,509,883 people. But only 106,185 have chosen an actual plan.
<...>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/13/nine-key-facts-about-obamacares-enrollment-numbers/
1. There have been 846,184 applications completed. Because many of these applications are for families, they cover 1,509,883 people. But only 106,185 have chosen an actual plan.
<...>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/13/nine-key-facts-about-obamacares-enrollment-numbers/
Of course RNC PR BS and Mr. Tears are on it.
Priebus: Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Show Law Was Built On A Lie
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/priebus-obamacare-enrollment-numbers-shows-law-was-built-on-a-lie
Boehner: Low Enrollment Numbers Prove That People Should Be Able To Keep Plans
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/boehner-low-enrollment-numbers-prove-that-people-should-be-able-to-keep-plans
Put these numbers in perspective, considering the glitches.
The first month on the MA health law, 123 people signed up.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024018366
By comparison, 26,794 enrolled at healthcare.gov, which serves 36 states.
That's an average of about 745 per state, six times as many per state than MA's rollout.
Now back to the other number: "846,184 applications completed."
That's significant.
When those applicants select a plan, that will catapult the enrollment numbers to nearly 1 million.
And stop ignoring Medicaid, which brings the current number Americans covered under ACA to nearly 500,000.
Sebelius: The Obamacare Marketplace Is 'Working'
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday said that the health insurance marketplace is working.
"The marketplace is working and people are enrolling," she said in a press call. "In every part of our country, people are very interested."
Sebelius' statement followed an announcement of low health plan enrollment numbers during the first month, Oct. 1-Nov. 2.
Only 26,794 people selected an insurance plan through healthcare.gov, the federal marketplace website, and 106,185 total selected a plan through state-run and federal marketplaces.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sebelius-marketplace-is-working
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday said that the health insurance marketplace is working.
"The marketplace is working and people are enrolling," she said in a press call. "In every part of our country, people are very interested."
Sebelius' statement followed an announcement of low health plan enrollment numbers during the first month, Oct. 1-Nov. 2.
Only 26,794 people selected an insurance plan through healthcare.gov, the federal marketplace website, and 106,185 total selected a plan through state-run and federal marketplaces.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sebelius-marketplace-is-working
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)5. Now you know why the Rethuglicans wanted to shut down the government last month!
Their plan was to make people think that they couldn't sign up for Obamacare during the government shut down!!
Didn't work, though.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)6. Saw this on Huffington Post of coarse
There saying the numbers are a FAILURE
ProSense
(116,464 posts)7. TPM has an interactive map:
MAP: Where People Have Signed Up For Insurance Under Obamacare
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/here-s-where-people-have-signed-up-for-obamacare
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/here-s-where-people-have-signed-up-for-obamacare