8.9 presidential people signed up since the beginning of october in medicaid. the ironic thing is most of them, over 55% in states that did not expand medicaid. these were people already eligible for medicaid. even the states did not expand medicaid 45% of the population. there are 55% of the signups. so the vast majority of that 8.9 million were people already eligible for medicaid. the other thing is we find out that a bunch of states are reporting numbers of people who are are simply renewing their annual medicaid coverage and the federal government glumps them in to that 8.9 million number and does not break them out. once again we are being mislead and deliberately in order to it make this program look better than it is. it is an utter unmitigated policy disaster. as a result, it will be a big problem for the democrats politically come november. okay. we re in the president s second term and we are now going to i assume a lame duck at some point in the next two years.
affordable care act. what we find out is this, 8.9 presidential people signed up since the beginning of october in medicaid. the ironic thing is most of them, over 55% in states that did not expand medicaid. these were people already eligible for medicaid. even the states did not expand medicaid 45% of the population. there are 55% of the signups. so the vast majority of that 8.9 million were people already eligible for medicaid. the other thing is we find out that a bunch of states are reporting numbers of people who are are simply renewing their annual medicaid coverage and the federal government glumps them in to that 8.9 million number and does not break them out. once again we are being mislead and deliberately in order to it make this program look better than it is. it is an utter unmitigated policy disaster. as a result, it will be a big problem for the democrats politically come november. okay. we re in the president s second term and we are now going to i assume a lame duck
with income. people get locked out. kind of the same. they re a demographic mix. what we are worried about the risk pool, so-called insurance exchanges or market places which is where people are buying private health care insurance. buying it not because they re get a full ride from the government as medicaid is. they re getting enough subsidies, little built more they have to pay is worth it or the individual mandate is forcing them in. the group where you could see people choose not to pay for something they feel is too expensive. if that happens you would get this sort of adverse selection, spiral, get to see higher premiums. medicaid i would say, a humanitarian disaster. not actually policy disaster. for at fordable care act. speaking of policy disasters. republicans are still talking about the idea of voting to repeal affordable care act, do you foresee as a political matter, republicans actually willingly choose to do another big fight in the senate, finance, senate finance com
with income. people get locked out. kind of the same. they re a demographic mix. what we are worried about the risk pool, so-called insurance exchanges or market places which is where people are buying private health care insurance. buying it not because they re get a full ride from the government as medicaid is. they re getting enough subsidies, little built more they have to pay is worth it or the individual mandate is forcing them in. the group where you could see people choose not to pay for something they feel is too expensive. if that happens you would get this sort of adverse selection, spiral, get to see higher premiums. medicaid i would say, a humanitarian disaster. not actually policy disaster. for at fordable care act. speaking of policy disasters. republicans are still talking about the idea of voting to repeal affordable care act, do you foresee as a political matter, republicans actually willingly choose to do another big fight in the senate, finance, senate finance com
had on obamacare. deeply unpopular. the imple mation will be a disaster. you do not want to be seen as a party, or the individual politicians as abetting what is going to be a certain policy disaster coming up shortly. bret: next up, another day closer to sequester. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? e carful? how about.by the bowlful?