President Obama and his supporters are celebrating their Obamacare achievements. Great, so the 40-50 million uninsured are now insured? No.
Their March goal was 7 million. Well, insuring 7 million of the uninsured is a good start. No, that didn’t happen.
Their goal was revised to 6 million. Well, insuring 6 million of the uninsured is a start. That didn’t happen either.
What are they celebrating? That 7 million people signed-up for Obamacare. But signing-up doesn’t mean they are insured now, or that they were uninsured before (apparently most who signed-up had insurance before). That’s confusing.
People aren’t insured until their sign-up is transferred to the insurance company and the premium is paid. Unfortunately the Obamacare website hasn’t worked well. Some sign-ups aren’t sent to insurance companies and some payments aren’t collected, so some people aren’t insured, even though they think they’re insured.
That’s bad! How many people have completed everything and are now insured? No one knows, the Obamacare website doesn’t collect that information.
Wasn’t Obamacare’s purpose to insure the uninsured? Yes.
Who else signed up? Well, most existing insurance plans are unacceptable to Obamacare and are being cancelled. Over 6 million people so far, including some extremely sick people, have had their insurance cancelled (many losing access to their doctors, hospitals, and life-saving drugs). Some of these people signed-up for Obamacare, but others can’t afford the Obamacare compliant insurance and are now uninsured.
And, some people with insurance signed-up when they found that Obamacare would subsidize their premiums with money taken from their neighbors. Oh.
But Obamacare is reducing insurance premiums, right? No.
Obamacare depends on young healthy people signing up and subsiding older, less healthy (but wealthier) people. But far too few young healthy people are signing up.
Therefore premiums will increase. And taxpayers will be subsidizing the Health Insurance Companies as required by Obamacare.
But doctors and hospitals think Obamacare is great, right? Some do, but many don’t. Some doctors say they will retire early because of Obamacare. Many doctors say that Obamacare busywork takes time away from patients (e.g., there are 80,000 codes, up from 13,000, in the new coding system). Doctors and hospitals report that it increases their expenses while reducing their payments, and that it interferes with treating patients as they believe is best for patients.
This isn’t what President Obama promised. Correct. We now know that President Obama has been lying to us for years.
Let me see if I have this straight. After spending tens of billions of dollars, the Obama administration is celebrating because 7 million people signed-up on the Obamacare website. But apparently only a small percent of the previously uninsured, the whole justification for Obamacare, signed-up. More people had their policies cancelled than have obtained insurance. Some people who bought insurance before can’t afford Obamacare compliant insurance and are now uninsured. Many doctors and hospitals are saying that Obamacare is bad for them and it hurts patient care. And, because not enough young healthy people are signing up, premiums will rise and taxpayers will be subsidizing health insurance companies? Correct.
And, they’re celebrating rather than firing people? Correct.
Please tell me that this is just a sick April fool’s joke. I wish it were, but it’s all true.
