A whole lot of reporters should be asking that question this morning.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified today before the Senate Finance Committee. Fox News’ Peter Doocy shared some interesting little tidbits from the proceedings:
Sebelius tells Senate 400k additional ppl signed up for private ins in marketplace in last wk (on top of 7.1M POTUS already announced)
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) April 10, 2014
And she’s got the data to prove it! Or something:
@pdoocy And I alllllways believe the numbers, especially when coming from Sebelius 🙂
— Mark Larson (@marklarsonradio) April 10, 2014
Unfortunately, Sebelius was so busy collecting totes legit information on new signups that she forgot to find out how many people were previously uninsured:
important: "I do not have data to give you right now in terms of who exactly was previously uninsured," Sebelius says about the 7.5M signups
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) April 10, 2014
Whoops!
Gosh, could no one have anticipated that this number might be important?http://t.co/HrhH6PXGp7
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) April 10, 2014
@pdoocy @guypbenson
I thought "the number of uninsured" was the whole reason the ACA was set up in the first place.— Margaret-Mary (@MargaretMaryWhi) April 10, 2014
We are shocked — shocked! — that Sebelius would fail to provide this information.
@pdoocy So surprising! pic.twitter.com/Wf9AL5qlnj
— Renae Wilcox (@PrincesaDeOso) April 10, 2014
Right?
https://twitter.com/NordenJim/status/454279236996435968
@pdoocy oh but they sure know how "well" it's working. Bunch of liars and frauds
— Darcey (@Darcey70Darcey) April 10, 2014
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