Are There 1.3 Million More Uninsured in 2014?
Kudos to Joe Antos of the American Enterprise Institute for discovering a datum that the government neglected to promote: By one of the government’s own measurements, the number of uninsured Americans increased by 1.3 million during February through April 2014 versus the same three months of 2013.
I previously wrote about the estimate of the uninsured generated by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). However, I did not discuss the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, because its concurrent press release covered only 2013. Antos discovered 2014 data that was quietly posted on a government website.
The two results contradict each other: CDC estimated a small reduction in the uninsured, whereas the Census Bureau’s estimated an increase. That is confusing, but contradictory and incoherent information about Obamacare’s effects is something we are getting used to.
I wonder what the amount of peoples subject to the individual mandate penalty is and how that impacts the uninsured figures in comparison to pre-ACA.
I believe an increasing number of people believe that they will not be subjected to the individual mandate: Fining them would be political kryptonite. That may be a reason they are dropping out of Obamacare.
Lies. Damn Lies. And Statistics.
‘Nuff said.
Then there are government statistics.
“contradictory and incoherent information about Obamacare’s effects is something we are getting used to”
Such is information