Ed Morrissey at Hot Air posted an article today about the effect of Obamacare on the uninsured that the program was supposed to help. According to the article, the figures are stark:
"375,000: The number of Americans with pre-existing conditions HHS said would apply for coverage in the first year of ObamaCare, one of the main political arguments for its implementation.
"8,011: The number that actually did."
The article points out:
"That comes to a success rate for that prediction of just under 2.2%. The Wall Street Journal points out that the program operates at a loss -- which means that consumers who qualify for the program in essence have partial subsidies by entering it. And yet, despite the billions of dollars committed to funding it and the efforts of 27 states to duplicate it, only eight thousand people have bothered to apply for the program."
It really is time to REPEAL AND REPLACE!!!
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