The number of uninsured before Obamacare is a real number not a projection. The number that Whirly had is not correct. It's 50 million not 31 million. Whirly said his number came from the CBO. However, he did not provide a link. JD, if the CBO projections were bad you would be screaming bloody murder.
Originally Posted by flghtr65
What fantasy land do you live in flighr?
First, the number of uninsured IS a projection. I believe it was based on the 2010 census and Insurance industry numbers but they don't know who many people at one given time are here illegally or have insurance. It is a guesstimated number.
More importantly, approximately 5 MILLION policies were
canceled. That means they need to sign up 11 million people to private insurance by March 31. Out of the 3.3 MM the White House has said that are enrolled, best "projections" have 80% actually making a first payment.
Did you see the Jay Carney response when asked how many people had paid? He hid behind a "privacy" issue! Not only is there no privacy in a bulk number reporting but the US Govt has to pay the Insurance companies for those up-to-date policy subsidies! What an idiot.
So as of about a week ago, they have issued about 2.5 million policies which means 2.5 million people LESS people have private insurance than BEFORE the individual mandate. Let me repeat: LESS PEOPLE TODAY HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE THAN IN 2013 THANKS TO OBAMACARE.
My projection: Later in the year or early next (after the 2014 elections) the CBO will come out with a revised estimate showing less optimistic "enrollment" numbers and greater cost.
Thanks Obama.