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There you go again Pastor Peen, making up shit to justify your ignorance of reality instead of going with facts.

Better housing? Not really. Better insulation and climate control, sure. But the quality of building in the past 40 years is shittastic compared to pre-WWII building quality.

Only for the rich. The poor lived in shacks without indoor plumbing. In 1950 25% of households did not have a flush toilet. Today its just 1.1%

Remember that the (fiendishly expensive) "cheap" plans under Obamacare do NOT actually provide access to non-emergency medical services.

That's just completely incorrect. In fact, its the opposite of reality. If you are poor, Obamacare pays the monthly premium for you and it pays the deductible too. In fact, the one thing that the banana republicans and President Trea45on have succeed in doing is making Obamacare better for the truly poor. The insurers have reacted to all that sabotage with "silver loading" where they make the silver plans really, really expensive but also really, really nice. And then subsidies cover the extra expense for the poor. So the truly poor end up getting even better treatment for basically nothing, while the middle-class who do not qualify for subsidies get well and truly fucked. Hows that for rewarding success? Thanks John Barron!!

The graphs (note now split into two: one for exchange-based signups and one for Medicaid-based.

http://acasignups.net/graphs

But how many have paaaaaaaid?!?

http://acasignups.net/14/03/21...

sPh

The graphs (note now split into two: one for exchange-based signups and one for Medicaid-based.

http://acasignups.net/graphs

But how many have paaaaaaaid?!?

http://acasignups.net/14/03/21...

sPh

The signups have been tracked by one guy - current total is some 9m. Check out http://acasignups.net/

After the startup glitches (your HuffPo link was from last year, and is well out of date) the site seems to be functioning OK.

        - - - - - - - - but never says a word about how many paid for coverage if any have - - - - - - - -

- - - It is fascinating how the hard radical Right obtains talking points from centralized sources and then starts pumping them near simultaneously. Does it not occur to you that doing this is utterly obvious?
sPh - - -

First it was "No one can get on the website!"
Then it was "OK, the site is loading but no one can create an account!"
Then "OK, you can create an account but no one can view the plans!"
Then "OK, you can view the plans but no one can fill out their application!"
Then "OK, you can apply but no one can actually enroll!"
Then "OK, it works now, but no one bothering to do so anymore!"
Then "OK, (a lot of) people are enrolling, but none of the data is being transferred to the insurance companies!"
And now that we've hit over 1.8 million private enrollments, the new attack is:
"FINE, a lot of people have ENROLLED, but how many have actually PAID???"

About 85% - several months in advance of the premium deadline. Sorry. Nice try though.

http://acasignups.net/graph

sPh

Next up: "LIEberal numbers! I have my own numbers right here!! You may end up with a different math, but you're entitled to your math. I'm entitled to THE math"

A bit of Googling provides detailed data. As of 3/21 - well in advance of 1st premium deadline - 85% were fully paid. Paid in advance. Early. Before the deadline. About 5 million as of 3/21.

http://acasignups.net/14/03/21...

sPh