The facts on Obamacare

Since regressives "can't handle the truth" (remember Nicholson in A Few Good Men?) they are now frothing wildly that the books are cooked. Mind you, they provide not one whit of evidence whatsoever to support this wild accusation. Evidence was never their strong suit though. So instead let's look at the facts* on Obamacare enrollment, evidence provided by the insurance companies themselves.

"Enrollment tracker Charles Gaba is projecting 6.78 million exchange enrollments, with a chance of topping 7 million."

"Figures from states that track this metric, including California and Vermont, show that 85% to 90% of enrollees have paid on time, which secures them the coverage they applied for."

"Kentucky says that some 75% of its exchange enrollees were previously uninsured. New York says that about 60% of its exchange enrollees were previously uninsured. That number has been rising over time, raising the prospect that the March surge will include an even higher ratio of uninsured customers; Gaba, who has calculated a time series of New York enrollments based on the state's monthly news releases, calculates that of enrollees in mid-February, at least 92% had been uninsured."

"Rand's figures support earlier estimates that fewer than 1 million people who had health plans in 2013 are now uninsured because of cancellations. Insurance companies that issued the cancellation notices say they've retained 'the vast majority' of their old customers, mostly by moving them into new, compliant, plans."

"The eight states with the best records of signing up their eligible citizens in exchange plans (actually seven states and D.C.), all have their own exchanges and websites. Vermont leads the parade at 83% enrolled. California, which leads all states in number of exchange enrollees at more than 1 million, ranks fourth with a 41% outreach rate. [...] The 36 states that dumped their enrollment responsibilities on the federal government are clustered at the bottom of the list, most of them with enrollment rates of 20% or less of eligible citizens. Many of these are states that actively discouraged or interfered with enrollments of their citizens in health insurance plans."

* Also see this website.