[h=2]President Obama Overstating Number of Young Adults Gaining Coverage[/h]
AP
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 2, 2014 11:09 am
President Barack Obama has overstated the number of previously uninsured young adults who have gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an analysis by the National Center for Public Policy Research.
Obama said on Tuesday that “more than 3 million young adults … have gained insurance under this law by staying on their family’s plan.” That figure was based on a 2012 report from the Department of Health and Human Services, said David Hogberg, a senior fellow for health care policy at the center.
However, Hogberg said updated data from the National Health Interview Survey tell a different story:
AP
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 2, 2014 11:09 am
President Barack Obama has overstated the number of previously uninsured young adults who have gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an analysis by the National Center for Public Policy Research.
Obama said on Tuesday that “more than 3 million young adults … have gained insurance under this law by staying on their family’s plan.” That figure was based on a 2012 report from the Department of Health and Human Services, said David Hogberg, a senior fellow for health care policy at the center.
However, Hogberg said updated data from the National Health Interview Survey tell a different story:
The number of insured 19-25-year-olds had declined by the third quarter of 2012. Private coverage had dropped by 2.1 percent. Multiply that against the roughly 30 million 19-25-year-olds in the U.S. in 2012, and the number of young people on their parents’ policies declined by about 600,000, to 2.2 million. Apparently the slacker mandate is losing its effectiveness.
There are other reasons to be suspicious of the 3.1 million figure. For starters, it doesn’t jibe with Census Bureau numbers. The Census Bureau shows that from 2009, the year before the slacker mandate began, to 2012, the number of uninsured 18-24-year-olds declined by about 976,000. But not all of those went onto their parents’ insurance. For that age group, Medicaid enrollment grew 271,000 and employer-based coverage increased 447,000 during that same period. That would mean that those newly insured by joining their parents’ coverage were at most 258,000.
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report in February said Obamacare would still leave 31 million people uninsured by 2024.There are other reasons to be suspicious of the 3.1 million figure. For starters, it doesn’t jibe with Census Bureau numbers. The Census Bureau shows that from 2009, the year before the slacker mandate began, to 2012, the number of uninsured 18-24-year-olds declined by about 976,000. But not all of those went onto their parents’ insurance. For that age group, Medicaid enrollment grew 271,000 and employer-based coverage increased 447,000 during that same period. That would mean that those newly insured by joining their parents’ coverage were at most 258,000.
[h=2]Senators Predicted Obamacare’s Negative Side Effects[/h]$1.058 trillion in new taxes, five million insurance cancellations
Sen. Tom Coburn, (R., Okla.) with Sen. John Barrasso, (R., Wyo.) / AP
BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 1, 2014 7:00 pm
Sens. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) and John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) released a new report Tuesday evening highlighting Obamacare’s failures, including forcing millions of Americans off their health insurance plans and adding $1 trillion in new taxes.
The senators, both of whom are physicians, followed up on three previous reports dating back to July 2010 that warned of the dangerous side effects of the health care law.
“For millions of Americans, Obamacare itself has become a pre-existing condition that has limited their access to quality, affordable health care,” Coburn said in a statement. “As we warned in our previous reports, Obamacare is fundamentally flawed. The law strengthens the hand of government and weakens the hand of doctors and patients. Obamacare is cutting choices, not costs, and costs will likely continue to rise.”
Coburn and Barrasso predicted in 2010 that millions would lose their health insurance plans. As of January, more than five million Americans have had their insurance cancelled, with 1.1 million notices occurring in California alone.
“Despite President Obama and Democrats’ promises that ‘if you like your plan you can keep it,’ more than five million people in 35 states have lost their current health insurance plans due to Obamacare,” the senators wrote.
The senators said the outcome was “worse than we imagined.”
“Enforcement of the employer mandate has been delayed, which has pushed back some of the impact the mandate will have on individuals losing their original health insurance plans,” they said.
Additionally, Coburn and Barrasso predicted the law would bring “skyrocketing” health care costs and trillions in new taxes.
The pair cites a report from the American Action Forum that found that insurance premiums are rising in all 50 states by an average of 202 percent.
According to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, Obamacare is also adding $1.058 trillion in new taxes, including $317.7 billion in payroll taxes, a $111.0 billion tax on “Cadillac” high cost plans, and $55 billion for those who do not abide by the individual mandate.
Some of Coburn’s and Barrasso’s predictions are still developing since portions of the law have been delayed numerous times. For instance, because the employer mandate was delayed until 2017, its impact on jobs is not yet clear.
The senators predicted that the mandate would negatively impact jobs, which was backed up by the CBO estimate that the law will eliminate the equivalent of 2 million jobs.
Another “prognosis” that is still developing is the law shifting the uninsured to Medicaid, because not all states have expanded their Medicaid programs. However, last week Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.) praised Obamacare for adding to the Medicaid rolls.
Democrats continue to argue that Obamacare is “settled law” and only needs tweaking, though Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is silent on how.
However, Coburn and Barrasso said the law’s negative impacts are “not due to minor imperfections in the law.”
“The impacts of Obamacare were foreseeable and preventable,” they said. “Now, President Obama’s administration is scrambling to mitigate these negative consequences through administrative actions and delays. However, the flawed policies within the health care law cannot be fixed through administrative adjustments or delays.”
Coburn and Barrasso said their report is “not an exhaustive list” of Obamacare failures, but highlights that many of its negative impacts were “anticipated and preventable.”
“As doctors, we know that Americans should be in charge of their own healthcare decisions—not Washington,” Barrasso said. “Over the past four years, we’ve highlighted the negative side effects of the healthcare law for patients, providers and taxpayers. Our new report confirms again exactly how Americans across the country are losing their insurance plan, watching their costs increase, and paying higher taxes.”
“It’s time to repeal this law and replace it with step by step reform that focuses on care instead of coverage,” he said.
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Sen. Tom Coburn, (R., Okla.) with Sen. John Barrasso, (R., Wyo.) / AP
BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 1, 2014 7:00 pm
Sens. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) and John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) released a new report Tuesday evening highlighting Obamacare’s failures, including forcing millions of Americans off their health insurance plans and adding $1 trillion in new taxes.
The senators, both of whom are physicians, followed up on three previous reports dating back to July 2010 that warned of the dangerous side effects of the health care law.
“For millions of Americans, Obamacare itself has become a pre-existing condition that has limited their access to quality, affordable health care,” Coburn said in a statement. “As we warned in our previous reports, Obamacare is fundamentally flawed. The law strengthens the hand of government and weakens the hand of doctors and patients. Obamacare is cutting choices, not costs, and costs will likely continue to rise.”
Coburn and Barrasso predicted in 2010 that millions would lose their health insurance plans. As of January, more than five million Americans have had their insurance cancelled, with 1.1 million notices occurring in California alone.
“Despite President Obama and Democrats’ promises that ‘if you like your plan you can keep it,’ more than five million people in 35 states have lost their current health insurance plans due to Obamacare,” the senators wrote.
The senators said the outcome was “worse than we imagined.”
“Enforcement of the employer mandate has been delayed, which has pushed back some of the impact the mandate will have on individuals losing their original health insurance plans,” they said.
Additionally, Coburn and Barrasso predicted the law would bring “skyrocketing” health care costs and trillions in new taxes.
The pair cites a report from the American Action Forum that found that insurance premiums are rising in all 50 states by an average of 202 percent.
According to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, Obamacare is also adding $1.058 trillion in new taxes, including $317.7 billion in payroll taxes, a $111.0 billion tax on “Cadillac” high cost plans, and $55 billion for those who do not abide by the individual mandate.
Some of Coburn’s and Barrasso’s predictions are still developing since portions of the law have been delayed numerous times. For instance, because the employer mandate was delayed until 2017, its impact on jobs is not yet clear.
The senators predicted that the mandate would negatively impact jobs, which was backed up by the CBO estimate that the law will eliminate the equivalent of 2 million jobs.
Another “prognosis” that is still developing is the law shifting the uninsured to Medicaid, because not all states have expanded their Medicaid programs. However, last week Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.) praised Obamacare for adding to the Medicaid rolls.
Democrats continue to argue that Obamacare is “settled law” and only needs tweaking, though Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is silent on how.
However, Coburn and Barrasso said the law’s negative impacts are “not due to minor imperfections in the law.”
“The impacts of Obamacare were foreseeable and preventable,” they said. “Now, President Obama’s administration is scrambling to mitigate these negative consequences through administrative actions and delays. However, the flawed policies within the health care law cannot be fixed through administrative adjustments or delays.”
Coburn and Barrasso said their report is “not an exhaustive list” of Obamacare failures, but highlights that many of its negative impacts were “anticipated and preventable.”
“As doctors, we know that Americans should be in charge of their own healthcare decisions—not Washington,” Barrasso said. “Over the past four years, we’ve highlighted the negative side effects of the healthcare law for patients, providers and taxpayers. Our new report confirms again exactly how Americans across the country are losing their insurance plan, watching their costs increase, and paying higher taxes.”
“It’s time to repeal this law and replace it with step by step reform that focuses on care instead of coverage,” he said.
This entry was posted in Issues and tagged Barack Obama, John Barrasso, Obama Administration, Obamacare, Tom Coburn. Bookmark the permalink.
“So, to recap: ‘Obamacare’ has extended coverage to a far smaller portion of the uninsured than expected, caused millions of others to lose coverage, raised out-of-pocket costs for many middle-income consumers, diminished patient choice of doctors and hospitals and exposed Americans to future premium hikes."
And this goof is clapping?
Hilarious.
By the way, it was only a few months ago that, well, there was no 7 million goal:
Appearing on MSNBC on Tuesday, White House health care adviser Phil Schiliro asserted that the White House never had a target number of Affordable Care Act enrollees. The widely circulated figure of 7 million – a figure which has been cited and repeated regularly by the press and members of the administration, was never their number, Schiliro asserted.
“That was never our target number,” he insisted. “That was a target that was put out by the Congressional Budget Office and has become the accepted number.”
Yes, of course these idiots are clapping.
And this goof is clapping?
Hilarious.
By the way, it was only a few months ago that, well, there was no 7 million goal:
Appearing on MSNBC on Tuesday, White House health care adviser Phil Schiliro asserted that the White House never had a target number of Affordable Care Act enrollees. The widely circulated figure of 7 million – a figure which has been cited and repeated regularly by the press and members of the administration, was never their number, Schiliro asserted.
“That was never our target number,” he insisted. “That was a target that was put out by the Congressional Budget Office and has become the accepted number.”
Yes, of course these idiots are clapping.
Millions of people have been driven into the Obamacare exchanges and out of private coverage they liked [two-thirds of those buying coverage in the exchanges were driven out of their private plans] so the president could “make his numbers.” Most are facing higher premiums, higher co-payments, and sky-high deductibles.
And these people are clapping?
Hilarious
And these people are clapping?
Hilarious
NOBODY believes this garbage.
Even pop culture is laughing at the Liar in Chief!
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Jimmy Fallon mocks Obamacare sign-up numbers: 'It's amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory'
BY CHARLIE SPIERING | APRIL 2, 2014 AT 12:18 PM r the president...Jimmy Fallon mocked President Obama's victory lap on Obamacare on Tuesday, after the president proudly announced that thehealthcare.gov website received over 7 million sign-ups.
"It's amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory and fine people if they don’t do it and then keep extending the deadline for months,” Fallon said, as his audience applauded. “It's like a Cinderella story. It’s just a beautiful thing. You make everyone do it.”
Fallon also mocked the penalty leveled by the federal government if they didn't sign up for Obamacare.
“If you still haven’t enrolled, you might have to pay a penalty called the ‘Individual Shared Responsibility Payment,’ which is 1 percent of your salary,” he said. “Then Americans said, ‘Hey, good thing I don’t have a job.’”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/jimmy-fallon-mocks-obamacare-sign-up-numbers-its-amazing-what-you-can-achieve-when-you-make-something-mandatory/article/2546675
:missingteLoser!@#0
Even pop culture is laughing at the Liar in Chief!
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Jimmy Fallon mocks Obamacare sign-up numbers: 'It's amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory'
BY CHARLIE SPIERING | APRIL 2, 2014 AT 12:18 PM r the president...Jimmy Fallon mocked President Obama's victory lap on Obamacare on Tuesday, after the president proudly announced that thehealthcare.gov website received over 7 million sign-ups.
"It's amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory and fine people if they don’t do it and then keep extending the deadline for months,” Fallon said, as his audience applauded. “It's like a Cinderella story. It’s just a beautiful thing. You make everyone do it.”
Fallon also mocked the penalty leveled by the federal government if they didn't sign up for Obamacare.
“If you still haven’t enrolled, you might have to pay a penalty called the ‘Individual Shared Responsibility Payment,’ which is 1 percent of your salary,” he said. “Then Americans said, ‘Hey, good thing I don’t have a job.’”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/jimmy-fallon-mocks-obamacare-sign-up-numbers-its-amazing-what-you-can-achieve-when-you-make-something-mandatory/article/2546675
:missingteLoser!@#0
317 Million Reasons to Love Obamacare
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/31/opinion/kohn-obamcare-signup/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/31/opinion/kohn-obamcare-signup/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
AK, I don't have a dog in this fight but can't you see that if obamacare was a good product, there would be support from both sides. He wouldn't have to bribe democrats to vote for it. Instead, Barrack passed it behind closed doors and I am sure you remember his buddy Nancy Pelosi infamously said “we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it,”Look at all the haters still complaining about people getting affordable healthcare. Poor saps! Keep drowning in your sorrows while the rest of the country celebrates!!
I mean come on man. If that isn't the red flag of all red flags. Americans deserve good healthcare. Its obviously that obamacare isn't it.
AK, I don't have a dog in this fight but can't you see that if obamacare was a good product, there would be support from both sides. He wouldn't have to bribe democrats to vote for it. Instead, Barrack passed it behind closed doors and I am sure you remember his buddy Nancy Pelosi infamously said “we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it,”
Americans deserve good healthcare. Its obviously that obamacare isn't it.
I disagree, I think the fact both sides disliked it for different reasons is why it has the potential to work. You do realize Democrats didn't like it because it didn't provide a public option and basically was just a Romney style forced mandate policy? Republicans didn't like it because they simply hate Obama and dislike anything he does.
And can we get over the Pelosi comment, that is getting sooooooooooooooo old. It's 2014. Time to move on.
