ACA Enrollment Report Reveals The Truth: Millions of Americans Want Obamacare

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http://www.politicususa.com/2013/11/13/aca-enrollment-report-reveals-truth-americans-obamacare.html

ACA Enrollment Report Reveals The Truth: Millions of Americans Want Obamacare
By: Jason Easley
Wednesday, November, 13th, 2013, 5:13 pm


A look inside the HHS’ ACA enrollment report reveals something that the media isn’t talking about. Demand for Obamacare is high. In other words, millions of people want Obamacare.

The Republican spin is that since 106,185 people selected a marketplace plan in the first month, it is proof that the American people don’t want Obamacare. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement, “While the Obama White House is sure to blame the poor enrollment numbers on the many unacceptable tech glitches that have frustrated Americans, I maintain that the larger reason ObamaCare has failed is because it was conceived based on a lie that Americans could keep their healthcare plans and has failed to address our number one healthcare problem in America: soaring costs. Reasons one million and one million and one why the federal government should not be running our healthcare.”

Besides the fact that Priebus lied when said that the ACA is government run healthcare, a look at the actual HHS report reveals the opposite to be true.

The report found that,

Based on available data, 846,184 completed applications were submitted to Marketplaces during the first month of the initial open enrollment period (10-1-13 to 11-2-13), including applications that were submitted to the SBMs and FFM. These completed applications correspond to a total of 1,509,883 million individuals (persons) who have applied for coverage through the Marketplaces during this time period. This represents 22 percent of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated 7 million Marketplace enrollment in 2014.

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The available data on completed applications, eligibility determinations and assessments, and Marketplace plan selection represents a subset of the total number of Americans who have begun exploring the coverage options that are available through the new Marketplaces. There is considerable interest in the new Marketplaces as measured by unique visitors on the SBM and FFM websites (26,876,527), and calls to the SBM and FFM call centers (3,158,436). These early enrollment-related statistics suggest that, in spite of recent information system and website issues, interest in the Marketplaces is high.

For example a Commonwealth Fund survey conducted Oct. 9-27 polled adults (ages 19-64) who are uninsured or have individual market coverage and found that most (60 percent) are aware of the Marketplace. Further, the Commonwealth Fund found that 53 percent are aware that financial support is available for Marketplace coverage and 17 percent have visited the Marketplace. Most (58 percent) said they are very likely or somewhat likely to go or go back to visit the Marketplace to enroll in a plan or to apply for the premium tax credit or for Medicaid/CHIP before the open enrollment period ends on March 31, 2014.

These numbers show that the Republican efforts to scare people away from signing up aren’t working. The enrollment numbers are down because of problems with the website, but that doesn’t mean that people don’t want access to affordable healthcare.

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Millions of Americans want access to affordable healthcare, but our political leaders have to have the courage to give it to them.

[ReverendDeuce]

1. I don't know who to believe anymore...

Some liberal sites say 700,000 enrolees... Huffpo says 100,000... Drudge says 27,000...

I give up!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. They're making a distinction...

between people who have signed up on the website, and those who have completed the process and actually obtained insurance.

The numbers I've seen is that about 100,000 have completed the process and an additional 850,000 have enrolled, but have not yet selected a plan. That's not surprising. It's a big decision and you have six weeks to do it.

[ProSense]

2. All you have to do

to unravel the spin is look at TPM's interactive map (it's a breakout of the 106,185 who have selected a plan)

MAP: Where People Have Signed Up For Insurance Under Obamacare
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/here-s-where-people-have-signed-up-for-obamacare

Kentucky, which has its own exchange, enrolled 5,586.
Florida and Texas, which are on the federal exchange, enrolled 3571 and 2991, respectively.

Of course, Kentucky has a smaller population, indicating a much better success rate, but the fact is people are signing up.

Then there are the nearly 850,000 completed applications. When those applicants select a plan, that will catapult the enrollment numbers to nearly 1 million.

[IrishAyes]

4. Well, the wingers like to call this a failure and that we'll never succeed;

If it were left up to them and their obstructionism, we wouldn't. But we beat them before to enact the law, and by all that's holy we'll get this up and running, too. Reports of our demise are way premature.

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

[spanone]

6. shhh...don't tell the media. the horror story sells more nuz