Dishonest or just inept? How are Americans supposed to believe anything the Obama regime claims about Obamacare if the White House can’t even offer an accurate count of how many ObamaCare enrollees have paid their premiums?
The administration boasted President Obama’s highly touted health care exchange program enrolled 5 million Americans, but if they don’t know how many have paid the premiums due, perhaps even the 5 million is just a vague estimate or even pure fabrication.
“CMS is working to provide more detailed data on who has already paid their premiums…but we don’t have specific data that is in a reliable enough form to provide,” Carney admitted to reporters during Tuesday’s White House Briefing.
Below is a transcript of the exchange:
ED HENRY: Jay, can I ask you about health care? You started out by saying 5 million people have enrolled. Is that the correct word, “enrolled,” since we still don’t know how many people have actually paid their premiums? Is it 5 million signed up? Will we get the information on who’s actually enrolled and paid their premiums?
MR. CARNEY: CMS is working to provide more detailed data on who has already paid their premiums, what percentage of the population of enrollees that includes.
We can point you to major insurers who have placed that figure at 80 percent, give or take, depending on the insurer, but we don’t have specific data that is, you know, in a reliable enough form to provide.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
They are being dishonest and they are inept!!!
He has no clue as to what day it is too……………….
Well we know that there dishonest , inept does come to mind though
wouldn’t trust them as far as I can throw them
Both A and B are true !!
They know everything about me and yet they don’t know how many fools paid for their health insurance they think they have?
how is this constitutional? Obamacare countdown: What you need to know about the March 31 deadline
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President Obama discussing the Affordable Care Act at a March 6 town hall meeting in Washington. The deadline to sign up for health insurance this year is March 31. More than 5 million Americans nationwide have enrolled so far. (Michael Reynolds / Pool / March 6, 2014)
By Soumya Karlamangla and Chad Terhune
March 18, 2014, 7:23 a.m.
The buzzer is about to sound on Obamacare enrollment.
Less than two weeks are left to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the federal law that went into effect this year. It requires that most Americans have health insurance and provides government assistance to make coverage cheaper.
In California, more than 1 million people have already signed up for a private health plan in the state’s health insurance exchange, Covered California.
There’s a deadline coming up that has raised some questions. Here are some answers:
What is the March 31 deadline?
That’s the last day to buy a health policy for 2014.
If you think you might qualify for premium subsidies based on your income, you have to buy a plan through a health exchange. For information, visit the Covered California website or call (800) 300-1506.
Obamacare: Questions and Answers
Patience is advised; call wait times have been running 30 minutes to an hour. The state website also lists local enrollment counselors and insurance agents who offer help at no cost.
After March 31, you won’t be able to sign up for a private plan until the next open enrollment period scheduled for November. Lower-income people can still qualify year-round for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.
There’s also special enrollment for people who lose their job, get a divorce or have some other major event in their life.
I heard Obamacare deadlines keep changing. Will this one be extended?
President Obama recently said the deadline won’t be pushed back. However, it’s likely that if you start signing up on March 31 and run into technical difficulties, you may get a few extra days to finish your application. But that grace period only applies if you started in time.
When does my coverage start?
If you pick a health plan before March 31, your coverage should start May 1.
Check with your insurance company on when your first month’s premium is due. For many, the deadline to pay will be April 25.
If I get health insurance through work or receive Medicare, do I have to do anything?
No, you’re set.
What happens if I don’t sign up?
The penalty for being uninsured in 2014 is $95 per adult, or 1% of your household income, whichever is greater. That would be assessed on your 2014 tax return.
The fine will increase in future years.
[For the record: An earlier version of this post gave an incorrect example of the penalty based on a certain income.]
ALSO:
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-obamacare-two-weeks-left-what-you-need-to-know-20140317,0,6466676.story#ixzz2wR3rvmPJ if not then why?
they have been nothing but lying deceiving despicable cowards about everything they try and shove down our throats
No one on this admin. has ever spoken the truth …. they are all psychopaths!
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