BOOM, there it is: AP/ABC News Confirm breaking 7M QHPs by Midnight

[ProSense]

BOOM, there it is: AP/ABC News Confirm breaking 7M QHPs by Midnight

by Charles Gaba on Mon, 03/31/2014 - 10:58pm

Source: ABC News, 03/31/14: AP Sources: Health Law Sign-Ups on Track to Hit 7M

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.

...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.

OK, I've updated the "official projection" to 7,080,180 just for the hell of it, but I'm not trying to pretend that I had this thing nailed to the decimal point; my last real projection was between 6.9M - 7.0M, so I'm willing to divide 7,000,000 into whatever the final number is to find out how far off I am.

Believe me, I'd be perfectly happy if the final number as of 11:59pm ends up being 7.1M, 7.2M or even higher

http://acasignups.net/14/03/31/boom-there-it-apabc-news-confirm-breaking-7m-qhps-midnight

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[NightWatcher]

1. Benghazi!!!!!

Fast and Furry?!?

Obama is Kenyan and wears muslin?



Repukes wept.

[sheshe2]

2. Kick! n/t

[chillfactor]

3. the republicans are in a tizzy..

they never thought ACA would take off..now they are saying the White House is "cooking the numbers"..LOL..defeat very difficult on the recons....

[spanone]

4. but we're 'cookin' the books'

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. If projections before open enrollment was 7 million, and the actual tops 7 million

Was the opening period really "disastrous?"

Can a project still be "disastrous" in any of its phases if it meets its benchmark projections?



They will keep saying "disastrous" of course, but it's clear as day: slow and steady wins the day.

[davidpdx]

19. I think possibly if the initial problems had not been as bad as they were

that 10 million would have signed up. Oregon's health exchange had a tough start as well. Still I'm happy ecstatic the numbers came in as strong as they did.

[stg81]

6. Suck it, Carnival Cruz.

[flamingdem]

7. Nice

[nikto]

8. Benghazi! Benghazi! Death spiral, cook-the-books...

Squawk! Squawk!!


Polly wants a "distraction-cracker"!!

[Cha]

9. Cheers to us and suck on it eleventh hour derpers trying to squelch it. you lost.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. Been watching that blog like 538 on 11/6/12

The dedication is admirable. And very helpful.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. See? It's an even bigger failure than they said it would be!

Or something.

[Iliyah]

12. K & R

corporate media sorta admits to the sorta numbers, BUT what ummm what if . . bullshit is kicking in.

[onestepforward]

13. Excellent! n/t

[UtahLib]

14. Yes! and can't help but enjoy seeing repug heads explode. nt

[delrem]

15. US population approx. 315 Million.

How many of those 7 million are "the homeless (tm)"?

[truebluegreen]

16. Since this is the count from the exchange,

very few if any. "Homeless" sign-ups would probably be in the Medicaid expansion.

[delrem]

17. Everyone should be equal.

[truebluegreen]

18. Pardon me for saying it, but "duh."

We all want something better. This is what we've got.

[delrem]

24. So what's *your* point in responding at all? nt

[truebluegreen]

31. I will ask the same. nt

[delrem]

33. Everyone should be equal. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

21. The Homeless (who deserve insurance too) are in the 14.6-22.1 Million number

not the 7 million number.



http://acasignups.net/


^snip^


The Actual Numbers: 14.6 - 22.1 Million

by Charles Gaba on Tue, 04/01/2014 - 12:58am

7.08 Million Exchange-based QHPs (estimate)
+ 71,000 SHOP QHPs
+ 9.0 Million total OFF-Exchange QHPs (estimate from the Rand Corp.)
+ 4.71 Million New "Strict Expansion" Medicaid enrollees
+ 1.80 Million New "Woodworker" Medicaid enrollees (estimate)
+ 3.10 Million 19-26 Year Olds on their Parent's Plans (estimate)
- 3.70 Million Cancelled Non-Compliant Policies

(see? I told you I'd subtract these once I knew the total number of off-exchange QHPs!)

= appx. 22.1 Million People (at the high end) or 14.6 Million (at the low end)




Have you not been paying attention?



Edit to add: Medicaid enrollment does not stop. This deadline is only for private insurance policies. Homeless people can still gain insurance by signing up for Medicaid if they have not already.

[delrem]

25. Right, I wasn't paying attention

Wasn't paying attention to the fact that low number (7 million) was only for "Marketplace purchases" and didn't account for "direct purchases" (even when the people fall into the same risk groups) or, I suppose, medicaid enrollments.

But even 18 million (splitting the difference) is a low number compared to the general population and I don't see how it can account for the very poor and/or homeless...

[Motown_Johnny]

27. add ~10 million for the SCHIPS expansion

which was passed when we had control of both houses of congress and signed into law by Pres. Obama.


Then add the fact that employer based health care is now required by every company with more than 49 employees (edit to add: working over 30 hours a week).


The estimate for uninsured varied, but 42 million was a reasonable average of the estimates (if memory serves). I dare say that the number of uninsured has been cut in half since President Obama was elected.


Sure, if you want to compare it to over 300 million it doesn't seem like much. That isn't fair though. Most people had insurance already. When talking about newly covered individuals, the people who already had insurance are not part of that narrowly focused conversation.

[jeff47]

29. You're comparing sign-ups to population.

Sign-ups only cover people who newly enter that insurance program. So it doesn't cover the people who were already on Medicaid, for example.

Additionally, you're leaving out other insurance programs. Medicare covers about 50M people. VA covers another large group of people. And there's also the very large number of people who get employer-based insurance - that alone covers the majority of the 315M. For now.

[CJCRANE]

30. It's too early for the "all or nothing" meme.

It's only been going a few months and it's hitting its target.

[Berlum]

20. Repubbies going to have their diapers in a stinky twist today

The Republicons just hate it when something good happens for Americans.

[JaneyVee]

22. TYRANNY! IMPEACH!

[napkinz]

23. K&R

nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. Happy Dance!

and thank you for all you do ProSense!

[Spazito]

28. Excellent news!

I was very hopeful this would be the case given the tremendous uptick in the number of signups over the last 4-5 days.

[ProSense]

32. Obamacare Enrollment Is Far From Over

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