According to this article by AP, the Obama Administration is insisting that less than half a million people whose health insurance was canceled because of Obamacare have not found other health insurance coverage.
Fewer than 500,000 people left uninsured after canceled policies, senior admin officials say.
— Kelly Kennedy (@KellySKennedy) December 19, 2013
If 500,000 formerly insured people are now uninsured because of Obamacare, that is bad enough.
Obama Admin admits 500k people whose insurance was canceled under #ObamaCare haven't found other coverage http://t.co/4S2KYLCNnC #TrainWreck
— Senator Roy Blunt (@RoyBlunt) December 20, 2013
But it may be worse — possibly much worse — than that.
An estimated 4 to 5 million Americans have received cancellation notices, whereas it appears that fewer than a million have signed up for Obamacare so far — and many of those freshly-minted “enrollees” have not paid premiums or been officially confirmed by an insurer. Some of those who received cancellation letters were able to stay in their current plan for another year, and many have chosen to do so. But whether that brings the number of new uninsured all the way down to 500,000 remains very unclear.
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How can they say fewer than 500,000 ppl are affected? Millions had policies canceled. All eligible. http://t.co/LkuGYndyES #mnleg #mnhix
— Jamie (@jamiedelton) December 22, 2013
Related:
New Numbers: 4.2M Americans Dropped From Health Plans
The Obamacare Exchange Scorecard: Around 100,000 Enrollees And Five Million Cancellations
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