Estimates Lowered Of How Many People Will Sign Up For O-Care In 2015

[Webster]

....well, to paraphrase Gomer Plye: "Surprise, surprise, surprise..."

The Obama administration has substantially scaled back estimates of how many people will sign up for insurance in 2015 through the federal healthcare law, projecting that millions fewer Americans will use marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act.

Instead of 13 million customers in the second year of the marketplaces, as had been predicted, the Department of Health and Human Services now says 9 million to 9.9 million people probably will get coverage by the end of next year. About 7.1 million people have health plans through the marketplaces today, according to the federal agency.

Administration officials said the downward adjustment reflected a more realistic assessment of how quickly a new program like the marketplaces can ramp up. Officials continue to sound upbeat about the marketplaces, which are scheduled to open Saturday for a second enrollment period. “We are confident we’re going to have a successful open enrollment,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said Monday.

Nevertheless, the lower expectations drew criticism from Obamacare’s opponents and supporters. “The administration is again trying to rewrite its definition of success,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said.(Los Angeles Times)

...to paraphrase/borrow a quote from the movie War Games...

Mr. President, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your healthcare reforms suck.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

I do not even think it will be even that many signing up. The people they want to sign up is the people who will pay for the uninsured. But those people can't afford the much higher prices. Things like Medi-Share https://mychristiancare.org/Medi-Share/ is the future if obama care is not undone.

And Direct-Pay Doctors are also the new future.

For Ryan Neuhofel, a family doctor in Lawrence, Kan., launched his direct-pay practice, NeuCare Family Medicine, in December 2011. He says his payment decision was based on his dissatisfaction with the health-care system and the interactions he witnessed between patient and doctors.

Individual patients pay $30 to $40 a month while families pay $100 a month. That fee gets them unlimited visits without a co-pay, free routine lab work and testing. He also saves patients money on medications by offering them at wholesale prices. “Medicine at wholesale is 70% to 90% cheaper than at a pharmacy. “A lot of patients save $100, $200 or $300 a month on medication alone.”
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2014/04/15/rise-direct-pay-doctors-good-news-for-patients/