Kathleen Sebelius gushes that 'today, there are millions of newly insured Americans!'

Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that 2.1 million people have signed up for private health insurance plans through Obamacare. As Twitchy noted, however, HHS still is not saying how many of those people have paid their premiums. Under the administration’s “expanded definition” of enrollment, people are considered enrolled if they have simply placed a plan in their online shopping cart.

We have a feeling that some (most?) of the freshly-minted Obamacare “enrollees” have not paid premiums and have not been officially confirmed by any insurer.

Meanwhile, an estimated 4 to 5 million Americans in the individual market have received cancellation notices as a direct result of Obamacare.

None of which stopped HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius from bragging about “millions of newly insured Americans.”

Twitter users gave Sebelius a talking-to:

@Sebelius – Millions minus one. Thanks to ACA, I can't afford the new insurance.

— Smittie™ GED (Hons), BS (D-) (@smittie61984) January 1, 2014

@Sebelius yeah, and now that my ins rates have gone up because of this stupid law, I have to cut back on food because that has gone up to!?

— Joel Sherey ?️‍? (@j68sherey) January 1, 2014

@Sebelius @HHSGov Wow! What a bold statement. What about the other 3/4 that can't afford this "affordable" care Lets rename it OBAMADONTCARE

— MPoplin (@mejoslin) January 1, 2014

https://twitter.com/Jbowles57/status/418387173889421312

https://twitter.com/scottlara1961/status/418388497087877121

@Xanthippie – Single payer is worse. I had great insurance until the ACA jacked up the price by $200.

— Smittie™ GED (Hons), BS (D-) (@smittie61984) January 1, 2014

@Sebelius And millions, like me, whose premiums skyrocketed to pay for them. #socialism @TwitchyTeam

— Adriana Stubbs (@adriana_s1970) January 1, 2014