As Twitchy reported, the government’s been busted for using dental coverage to pad its disappointing Obamacare enrollment data.
But they didn’t do it on purpose or anything.
UPDATE: @HHSGov spox confirms that ~380,000 dental plan subscribers "erroneously" included in 7.3. million #Obamacare total.
— Alex Wayne (@aawayne) November 20, 2014
Hey, it happens!
HHS *accidentally* inflated O'care enrollment figures. RE https://t.co/5jMz6OzkPa
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) November 20, 2014
The exact number of plans needed for Obamacare to reach its target were erroneously included in the total. Amazing. http://t.co/rHwmePOPpY
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 20, 2014
They really do think we’re all stupid. http://t.co/rHwmePOPpY
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 20, 2014
@aawayne @HHSGov Dental, mental. Million, billion. Whatevs.
— 100 Proof (@ChampionCapua) November 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/535491899654963201
That’s pretty much what they’re saying, yeah. But Vox doesn’t want to be too harsh ’em. Maybe the government was just having a bad day!
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/535491539867557889
Yep:
HHS says 380,000 or so dental plans were “erroneously” included in the overall enrollment figure. Oops! http://t.co/6Rx0zAp1tj
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) November 20, 2014
Oops?
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/535490794787180546
Dumb? Yes. Unforced error? Not a chance.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/535497740269420545
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https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/535493245745123329
"Error" implies a mistake. RT @ezraklein: This is such a dumb, unforced error by the Obama administration: http://t.co/vCewoAyDW5
— William J. Miller (@WilliamJMiller) November 20, 2014
.@ezraklein yeah…"unforced"
— Jonathan Dickerson (@J__Dickerson) November 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/535491421466140672
The term you're looking for is "lie." #Gruber RT @ezraklein This is such a dumb, unforced error by the Obama administration
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/jonbabad/status/535492914743230464
@ezraklein If by "unforced error" you mean "lie" then yes.
— Nope (@DonnaIsHereNow) November 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/MoonbatCatnip/status/535491674072682496
https://twitter.com/AquinasMan/status/535492605061386241
Too bad Obamacare doesn’t cover that.
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Update:
Hey, Ezra, you’ve got company:
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/535554874503475200
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Related:
So THAT’S how they did it! O-care enrollment data got a boost from dental plans
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