http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/30/1296004/-ACA-Signups-SHOCKER-GOP-Committee-Report-is-a-Big-Pile-of-Crap?detail=email
Cross-posted at ACA Signups
An hour or so ago, the Republican Staff of the Committee on Energy & Commerce Republican, chaired by Republican Representative Fred Upton, issued a press release which claimsthat:
April 15, 2014, only 67 percent of individuals and families that had selected a health plan in the federally facilitated marketplace had paid their first month’s premium and therefore completed the enrollment process.
OK, let's unpeel this onion slowly, shall we?
First of all, the press release makes it very clear that the enrollment data which they're talking about includes all enrollments on the Federal exchange through April 15. Note the following wording (emphasis mine):
House Energy and Commerce Committee members sent letters requesting specific enrollment data, including the number of individuals who have paid their first month’s premium and demographic breakdowns. The committee has compiled the data that provides a snapshot of the true enrollment picture as of April 15, 2014, after the official end of the open enrollment period.
On April 17, 2014, President Obama declared the success of his law, claiming that 8 million Americans had signed up for health insurance, but data from the insurance providers reveals that the president’s figure is largely misleading.
So they're VERY clear about what they're claiming: that as of 4/15/14, only 67% of all QHP enrollments via Healthcare.Gov had paid their first month's premium, right?
Well, there's a serious problem right there, because out of the 8 million or so enrollments as of 4/15, only 5 million of the first month's premiums were even due.
Why is this? Because the policies of anyone who enrolled in a QHP after March 15 don't even start coverage until TOMORROW, May 1st.
do we really need to collect more and more republican misleading misinformation, hell yes we do fickle American voters need to wake out of that right wing fog and recognize they have targets on their backs too.
The HHS Dept. confirmed the 5M figure on March 17, which presumably means that it actually hit the 5M mark a day or two earlier.
A spokesman for the HHS Dept. has also confirmed that the first premium isn't due until the day before the coverage becomes effective--in other words, the other 3 million enrollees first payments aren't due until TODAY (and many of the insurance companies are being pretty lenient about late payments anyway).
conveniently leaving out key bits of info is nothing more than lying to those you expect to read it.
In addition, this report runs completely contrary to the public statements made by the CEO ofWellPoint (the 2nd largest insurance company in the country), the BCBSA (Blue Cross Blue Shield Association) and industry trade organization AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans), all of whom have stated quite clearly and emphatically in recent days that the paid percentages for all enrollments currently range between 80 - 90%.
are republican like that Japanese soldier left in a cave during WWII in the Philippines and continued fighting for 29 years, the mindset and time are within republican protocol after all 55 attempts to repeal ACA and all the other which hunts waiting for a grain of salt they can spin as confirmation to their insanity and lies.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/a-japanese-soldier-who-continued-fighting-wwii-29-years-after-the-japanese-surrendered-because-he-didnt-know/
when they speak of Dems cooking numbers and books theyu speak from experience they lied about their not doing it. he who knows not suspects not.
