Beating expectations, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance on deadline day Monday, government officials told The Associated Press. The 7 million target, thought to be out of reach by most experts, was in sight on a day that saw surging consumer interest as well as vexing computer glitches that slowed sign-ups on the HealthCare.gov website. Two government officials confirmed the milestone, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of an official announcement. Seven million was the original target set by the Congressional Budget Office for enrollment in taxpayer-subsidized private health insurance through new online markets created under Obama's signature legislation. That was scaled back to 6 million after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov last fall. Several state-run websites also had crippling problems. Americans who rushed to apply for health insurance Monday faced long, frustrating waits and a new spate of website ills on deadline day. "This is like trying to find a parking spot at Wal-Mart on Dec. 23," said Jason Stevenson, working with a Utah nonprofit group helping people enroll. At times, more than 125,000 people were simultaneously using HealthCare.gov, straining it beyond its capacity. For long stretches Monday, applicants were shuttled to a virtual waiting room where they could leave an email address and be contacted later. Officials said the site had not crashed but was experiencing very heavy volume. The website, which was receiving 1.5 million visitors a day last week, had recorded about 2 million through 3 p.m. EDT. Call centers have more than 840,000 calls. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/obamacare-signups-on-track-to-hit-7-million-on-final-day
LOL. Just over 800K who were previously uninsured. 800K out of 48 million. That's a whopping 1.67%!!!
What LOL dumb Con. 6 million people have enrolled in private coverage through Healthcare.gov and its state counterparts. The Times estimated that about one-third of them -- or about 2 million -- were uninsured, based in part on new numbers from RAND.
You say 1/3 .. McKinsey says 27%. But in BOTH cases we know half of those haven't paid premiums. So in your best case it's 16.5% .. out of 6 million. That's 1 million MAX. Best to not post if you don't include all the FACTS!
I am not saying anything, I quoted from a RAND survey published in LA Times. As for Mckinsey, that study was done in mid-February, when exchange QHP enrollments was at 3 million and didn't include any off-exchange enrollments . How does using a month old study useful in the context of what just happened? Facts win again, keep the concern trolling going though.
Boner's Replacement for Obamacare is . . . . . . . . . . A Promise to Replace Obamacare. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON -- Democrats have repeatedly mocked Republican promises to craft a replacement for Obamacare, and while the GOP is reportedly working on a plan, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had only another promise to offer on Wednesday. When asked at a news conference whether Republicans would have to step up efforts to come up with their own plan now that President Barack Obama has announced more than 7 million people have signed up for Affordable Care Act insurance plans, Boehner responded, "Listen, Obamacare is continuing to wreck havoc on American families and small businesses." "The president can go out there and tout about all the people he's signed up," he continued. "Our job is to show the American people we have better solutions, and we're working to build a consensus to do that. And when we have something to talk about, we'll show you." The outline of a plan was supposed to be circulated among the GOP this month, but shortly after the plan to craft the plan started to make news, Politico reported that the eventual bill might not even get a vote from the leaders likely to craft it. When pressed on why an Obamacare replacement was not in the GOP's new budget proposal, and on how important it is for Republicans to offer an alternative when Democrats finally have some positive news to point to, including potentially improving opinions about the health care law, Boehner stuck by his promise to propose a replacement. "I think when we outline how we would repeal this bill and what we would replace it with, you'd see that our intent here is to take care of the American people, as opposed to harm them, as the president's bill has done," Boehner said. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/02/john-boehner-obamacare_n_5077192.html?cps=gravity note the sign on the podium: . . . it says ''Restoring wages for the Middle Class''
How can you accept John Boehner as your leader ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner says he has no interest in running for the White House because he doesn't want to give up smoking, drinking â and cutting his lawn. Boehner, who has fought a bitter battle with President Barack Obama over health reforms and spending, said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he was not about to give up red wine and cigarettes to be president. Asked by Leno whether he ever thought of running for president, Boehner replied, "No. "I like to play golf. I like to cut my own grass," said Boehner, the top Republican in Congress. "I do drink red wine. I smoke cigarettes. And I'm not giving that up to be president of the United States." Asked by Leno if the infighting in his own party was as bad as he had ever seen it, Boehner said, "Oh, no," before adding with a smile, 'Well, maybe it is. It's bad." http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...r-wine-cigarettes-important-running-president
Once it was no longer useful as a weapon to stop universal health insurance, the Republican health-care plan had to be abandoned. This was the fate of every Republican health-care plan, a durable pattern I call the Heritage Uncertainty Principle. Republican health-care proposals reside in a state of quasi-existence, and any attempt to summon them into political reality will cause them to disappear. Their purpose is to refute the accusation that Republicans lack a health-care plan. The elusive quasi-plan allows them to claim all the potential benefits of health-care reform without having to defend any drawbacks. The game offers Republicans advantages they are unlikely to forfeit for the rest of the Obama era. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/lonely-death-of-the-republican-health-plan.html
Check out Glen Beckie totally freaking out. the guy turns lobster red. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iâm not going to waste. My. Life. Iâm going to do what I was born to do! All men were created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! I have a right to pursue my happiness! I have a right to do what I was born to do, not what they tell me what to do. Thatâs what that phrase means! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/glenn-beck-obamacare-enrollment-obama_n_5083382.html