I would like to give, at least to Obama, the benefit of the doubt that he knows the truth behind the "numbers", but in doing so would only show he is deceiving us all. As he, and every other lib out there touts the numbers as an "enormous interest" in shopping for, and buying insurance on the exchanges, it turns out the majority are actually on the websites signing up for free Medicaid. I'll leave it up to you, as to whether you feel like an idiot for parroting the prez for all these months, or you really knew the facts?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505267_1...are-structure/
"As the Obamacare website struggles, the administration is emphasizing state-level success. President Obama said Monday, "There's great demand at the state level as well. Because there are a bunch of states running their own marketplaces."
But left unsaid in the president's remarks: the newly insured in some of those states are overwhelmingly low-income people signing up for Medicaid at no cost to them.
Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, said, "We're seeing a huge spike in terms of Medicaid enrollments."
He says the numbers have surprised him and state officials.
CBS News has confirmed that in Washington, of the more than 35,000 people newly enrolled, 87 percent signed up for Medicaid. In Kentucky, out of 26,000 new enrollments, 82 percent are in Medicaid. And in New York, of 37,000 enrollments, Medicaid accounts for 64 percent. And there are similar stories across the country in nearly half of the states that run their own exchanges."
Medicaid Enrollment, Or Insurance Enrollment?
