Last week, the Obama administration claimed that the total Obamacare enrollment topped six million. According to CBS News’ Mark Knoller’s report from today’s Jay Carney presser, the train wreck of a rollout has conservatives “gnashing their teeth.”
https://twitter.com/GOPBlackChick/status/450696291342110720
“@markknoller: Trumpeting over 6-million enrolled in ObamaCare, @presssec says it "has our critics gnashing their teeth."Really? They've pd?
— CarolK (@FlyoverRed) March 31, 2014
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/450695709637898240
.@instapundit @markknoller @PressSec That is a fine gross number. Now tell me the net. Betting millions lost coverage due to Obamacare too.
— Jojo (@KoenigJojo) March 31, 2014
@markknoller @PressSec Where are the other "24 million uninsured" ?!?
— acardnal (@acardnal) March 31, 2014
Carney also claimed that the White House can’t say how many enrollees have paid, and he was unable to give demographic data:
The WH cannot yet say how many enrollees have paid insurance premiums and what percentage of enrollees are young/healthy people.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 31, 2014
“Can’t,” or “won’t”?
Rather, “will not.” RT @markknoller: WH cannot yet say how many enrollees have paid premiums, what % of enrollees are young/healthy people.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 31, 2014
@charlescwcooke @markknoller Probably "will not". I have been surprised constantly by this Admin's Special Incompetence, so maybe "cannot"
— 80% fetus that was born (@danielwwelsh) March 31, 2014
@markknoller You confuse "cannot" with "will not".
— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) March 31, 2014
https://twitter.com/bruceent/status/450709396499468288
If there’s any teeth gnashing going on it’s because people are trying to chew on all the unsubstantiated numbers the White House has been feeding them.
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