Obama: “…we fumbled the rollout on this health care law.”
President announces enrollment numbers, changes to reverse insurance cancellations “we fumbled the rollout of this healthcare law”
Following much speculation, president Obama presented the “official” Obamacare enrollment numbers on Thursday, November 15.
He said, “In the first month, nearly a million people successfully completed an application for themselves or their families. Those applications represent more than 1.5 million people. Of those 1.5 million people, 106,000 of them have successfully signed up to get covered. Another 396,000 have the ability to gain access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.”
Transitioning From Volume to Value and from Quantity to Quality
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Epic failure? Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Due to be Released
When Obamacare enrollment statistics are released later this week, the numbers are expected to fall far short of the administration’s initial projections. To date, an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 participants are reported to have enrolled via Healthcare.gov, the federally operated healthcare site, which currently serves 36 of the nation’s 50 states.
Obamacare Insurance Cancellations Run Rampant
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