Parsing the Numbers
This is from RAND:
- Of those who were previously uninsured but are now insured, 7.2 million gained [employer-sponsored insurance], 3.6 million are now covered by Medicaid, 1.4 million have signed up through a marketplace, while the remainder gained coverage through other sources.
- Our estimates suggest that only about one-third of new marketplace enrollees were previously uninsured. While this percentage seems low in absolute terms, it is slightly higher than an earlier figure reported by McKinsey & Company.
- Less than one million who previously had individual market insurance transitioned to being uninsured.
I don’t think this makes the ACA a rousing success yet.
Just waiting for the tracked numbers – but I think they are ‘cooked’ to say the least.
https://siteanalytics.compete.com/healthcare.gov#.U0X_H1edH3A
There is a good start for how ‘cooked’ – The other notion is that the SSN’s should be run against the dead, deceased and non – living rolls – I am betting there is entirely too much Gogol Dead Souls tactics.
That’s not much ground to have gained for so great an investment.
Yes, it seems as though those who chose no to be insured before still feel the same way.
Have those folks paid their premiums too?
My guess would be no.
The article doesn’t say anything about it, so I’m going to have to go with Mary on this one.
“Our estimates suggest that only about one-third of new marketplace enrollees were previously uninsured”
Well that’s not what the president was looking for, is it?
Probably wasn’t looking for this then, either:
Of the 40.7 million who were uninsured in 2013, 14.5 million gained coverage, but 5.2 million of the insured lost coverage
5.2 million people lost coverage? That’s insane! That number’s way too high!
It’s still a net gain of 9.3 million, though. That’s pretty substantial.
I would be interested in seeing the numbers on the total number of uninsured who remain uninsured, and- more importantly- why they still don’t have coverage. High costs? Not understanding how it works? Just don’t want insurance? Etc.
You know what I appreciate most, though? This:
Thus, it should not be surprising that our estimates may not match perfectly
At least RAND is willing to admit that their numbers might not be perfect. Take a note, Obama Administration.
Right? “There is always a margin of error.” Refreshing, somehow, to hear that.
hey, hey: The administration had a “margin of error.” It just happened to be in the millions.
I’d like to see more investigation into the government starting healthcare.gov applications for people: http://www.shark-tank.com/2014/04/04/hhs-started-individual-obamacare-applications-prior-to-deadlineobtained-personal-info-from-states/