Gary Cohen, the top U.S. health insurance regulator with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has been the man in charge of the implementation of Obamacare exchanges.
Asked about how many previously uninsured Americans have enrolled in an Obamacare plan, Cohen is quoted as responding this way:
https://twitter.com/sam_baker/status/441651201428697088
Cohen- CMS not collecting data on how many uninsured people have signed up for coverage through the exchanges
— Brianna Ehley (@Briannaehley) March 6, 2014
Not collecting data on how many uninsured have signed up? Seriously?
Cue exploding heads:
My head is about to explode. https://t.co/K6mb4vjyIq This is pitchforks stuff, right here. THIS is what we should be outraged over.
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 6, 2014
If this isn't the biggest domestic national news story tonight, I'm going to lose my shit. https://t.co/K6mb4vjyIq
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 6, 2014
@RBPundit: My outrage meter is already basically pegged. This hugely bothers me, but every hour there's something else almost as bad.
— J.G. Alt (@nycconservative) March 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/441653619595968512
President Obama has said the ACA is “working the way it should,” but how could he know that?
https://twitter.com/zhanover/status/441655323292860416
So, Democrats keep delaying an urgently-needed #ACA, & now admin says it's not tracking how many uninsured got insured by the law. #Really?
— Pete Kaliner (@PeteKaliner) March 6, 2014
Recommended
Obama campaign: driven by data.
Obama Admin: claims not even to collect the most important number.https://t.co/xBtBqLkknt
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) March 6, 2014
@sam_baker Why track the main goal of your signature legislation? What good could come from that?
— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) March 6, 2014
A new OFA graphic on Obamacare enrollment has been suggested:
https://twitter.com/RexHarrisonsHat/status/441663599509913600
Most likely the Obama administration knows the number, but it’s far too embarrassingly low to share with the people who are paying for this train wreck:
@sam_baker ha! They're tracking it alright. Just not happy with what they're seeing!
— David (@david13721) March 6, 2014
Cohen will step down at the end of the month, so perhaps the only “data points” he’s concerned about exist at a different job.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct a grammatical error.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member