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Here's the story line, from the very liberal/progressive, Bill Moyers Dot Com:
When the Supreme Court ruled that states could decline Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion without facing a penalty, the justices set in motion a process that’s now pushing our two countries even further apart as about half of the states passed on the opportunity to insure their poorer residents.
[Truth: only 14 partner states have ObamaCare/Medicaid programs. The "about half" total is sheer tripe ~ blog editor.]
The overall numbers are in, and for all its warts, Obamacare appears to have extended insurance coverage to about ten million people who didn’t have it before. (The precise number varies from study to study, but as Josh Marshall ofTalking Points Memo points out, they’re all in the same ballpark.)
[Truth: the Urban Institute came up with 5.4 million, hardly "in the same ballpark" as the inflated "10 million insured" claim ~ blog editor.]
According to Gallup, the share of Americans who lack health insurance has fallen to the lowest level since before the Great Recession began.
[Truth: if "they" could find someone at Bill Moyer.com who could actually read with comprehension, they would know that the Gallup report fixes the decrease as being 15.6%, down from a high of 17.1% "the lowest since 2008." If you study the accompanying Gallup chart, however, you realize that uninsured rates, by the quarter, in 2008, were at 14.6, 14.4, and 15.4 - all below the uninsured number Moyers.com is bragging about. It is stunning, the work that is put into telling one lie after another, in the name of "good governance." ]
[Truth: if "they" could find someone at Bill Moyer.com who could actually read with comprehension, they would know that the Gallup report fixes the decrease as being 15.6%, down from a high of 17.1% "the lowest since 2008." If you study the accompanying Gallup chart, however, you realize that uninsured rates, by the quarter, in 2008, were at 14.6, 14.4, and 15.4 - all below the uninsured number Moyers.com is bragging about. It is stunning, the work that is put into telling one lie after another, in the name of "good governance." ]
But the Urban Institute offers a fascinating finding: The rate of uninsured is now almost 50 percent higher in states that refused the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion (18.1 percent) than in those that embraced the policy (12.4 percent).
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Editor's notes: After reading this report (above) , the take-away is that 10 million uninsured have signed on, into ObamaCare.
Problem(s): The article implicitly pretends that Medicare and ObamaCare are the same programs. Further, it does not allow for returning Medicare enrollees who are renewing their Medicare insurance, or, for those retiring into Medicare, folks who would have signed up for Medicare anyway -- without ObamaCare. It does not count the 6 million against its "10 million" total, folks who lost their insurance because of ObamaCare, and, had to reapply under ObamaCare. And, it ignores most estimates, from the insurance industry, that fix the number of previously uninsured at 3 million or 15.6% of the population, down from 17.1% previously uninsured. So much for our first impression, coming from this article.
Problem(s): The article implicitly pretends that Medicare and ObamaCare are the same programs. Further, it does not allow for returning Medicare enrollees who are renewing their Medicare insurance, or, for those retiring into Medicare, folks who would have signed up for Medicare anyway -- without ObamaCare. It does not count the 6 million against its "10 million" total, folks who lost their insurance because of ObamaCare, and, had to reapply under ObamaCare. And, it ignores most estimates, from the insurance industry, that fix the number of previously uninsured at 3 million or 15.6% of the population, down from 17.1% previously uninsured. So much for our first impression, coming from this article.
Our second impression comes from the last paragraph in our lede story. With that last thought, we have an implied criticism, one that silently charges the 34 states not participating in the Medicaid Exchanges with fostering higher populations of uninsured, as if they (the states) are to blame for the comparatively high uninsured rates mentioned in the Moyer article.
Understand that these states did not refuse these anyone, ObamaCare did. ObamaCare is functioning in all 50 states. Because the Federal Government cannot organize it's way out of a pay toilet, is nothing against those states refusing to explode their Medicaid roles simply because Obama thinks it is "the right thing to do."
Understand that these states did not refuse these anyone, ObamaCare did. ObamaCare is functioning in all 50 states. Because the Federal Government cannot organize it's way out of a pay toilet, is nothing against those states refusing to explode their Medicaid roles simply because Obama thinks it is "the right thing to do."
Understand this, states cannot print money; they have to balance their budgets. Obama's decision to explode the Medicaid/Medicare rolls is both financially foolhardy and absolutely unsustainable. The non-participating states said "no," because of this financial circumstance.
One last matter: if you click on the references in the lede story quoted above, you will eventually come across the claim that 3 million stay-at-home youth are now signed-up with ObamaCare . . . . . . . another utter lie.
You should know that this "3.1 million" number is the total number for stay-at-home, adult youth underage 26, according to Central Planning estimates. Because they (the 3.1 million youth) automatically qualify for ObamaCare, does not mean that all 3.1 million families with stay-at-home youth, have enrolled in ObamaCare. Enrollment is not "automatic." In fact, that has not happened, but the Administration continues with this (3 million) lie, desperate as it is, to make the numbers "work."
One last matter: if you click on the references in the lede story quoted above, you will eventually come across the claim that 3 million stay-at-home youth are now signed-up with ObamaCare . . . . . . . another utter lie.
You should know that this "3.1 million" number is the total number for stay-at-home, adult youth underage 26, according to Central Planning estimates. Because they (the 3.1 million youth) automatically qualify for ObamaCare, does not mean that all 3.1 million families with stay-at-home youth, have enrolled in ObamaCare. Enrollment is not "automatic." In fact, that has not happened, but the Administration continues with this (3 million) lie, desperate as it is, to make the numbers "work."
Another post by the professional regressive ankle-biter.
ReplyDeleteFacts are facts, and the facts used in this post are the same facts ignored by Moyer,com. Take you complaint to Gallup.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans have set their entire advertising campaign for reelection on one thing: attempting to convince the American people that Obamacare ( the Affordable Care Act ) is a dreadful, deadly piece of legislation. From paid actors crying out lies in bogus commercials to Fox News marathons with completely fictitious moron-o-graphs, Teapublicans and GOP desperates alike are biting their nails as real, indisputable numbers roll in on Obamacare’s snowballing success stories.
ReplyDeleteFear campaigns, false perceptions and even fabricated patient stories have been marketing tactics for Republicans seeking reelection backing. But over 7.1 million effective Obamacare enrollments, are now transforming the narrative of the national conversation into something D.C. conservative don’t like. As an increasing number of American citizens decide to look into Obamacare for themselves, instead of trusting what conservatives tell them the legislation to be, faith in Republican panic tactics is steadily deteriorating. Whether or not Karma is a real phenomenon, it seems as though what was a conservative “stronghold” is now becoming the nail in the coffin, and forecasts “of the end” are becoming true – for the Republican Party that is.
Your statement ("an increasing number of American citizens decide to look into Obamacare for themselves, instead of trusting what conservatives tell them") pretends that enrollments are based on an objective consideration of the ObamaCare issues, when, in point of fact, folks do not have ANY choice as to whether or not they will enroll. When you force people to enroll or pay fines and penalties, when you shut down the private insurance industry outside "ObamaCare" venues, all of this goes to a forced compliance, the very opposite of citizens deciding for themselves. While ObamaCare is not bad for everyone, the take-over of 1/6 of our economy was not necessary. Still, 47 million remain uninsured and the "7 million" is an outrageous lie.
ReplyDeleteIf it was a true number, ObamaCare goals would have been reached and all would be well. But “they” continue to issue one postponement after another and you would have us believe, this is for no reason, since ObamaCare has accomplished and even surpassed its original goals. The lies continue as do the postponements. Hiding numbers and refusing transparency are tactics used by crooks and those who would deceive. “They” because the truth kills them.