They wanted 7 million enrollees the first year of this bit of legislative idiocy. After three weeks, they admit to only 36,000.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discusses the federal health care overhaul during a panel discussion at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Cincinnati.

For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people world sign up for the new health insurance markets, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. But that was before the markets opened to a cascade of computer problems. (AP Photo/Al Behrman). Turns out that a memo leaked to the press,  tells us that only 36,000,  nation wide,  have signed up for the program.  No one knows how many have made an inquiry or attempted such,  but we do know that traffic to the government site receiving applicants has dropped off by more than 80%. 

The government projected 7 millions applicants in the first year.  No one seems to know how many of that 7 million are need to keep the program from imploding.  This editor believes that “implosion” has already happened. 


The phrase, “Silence is golden” may not be true in this case.  There is an obvious command from Der Leader to go dark on giving information to the media   . . . . . .  a very bad sign.