Oregon Signs Up Just 44 People For Obamacare Despite Spending $300 Million

cold fjord writes "The Washington Examiner reports, 'Oregon ... signed up just 44 people for insurance through November, despite spending more than $300 million on its state-based exchange. The state's exchange had the fewest sign-ups in the nation, according to a new report today by the Department of Health and Human Services. The weak number of sign-ups undercuts two major defenses of Obamacare from its supporters. One defense was that state-based exchanges were performing a lot better than the federal healthcare.gov website servicing 36 states. But Oregon's website problems have forced the state to rely on paper applications to sign up participants. Another defense of the Obama administration has attributed the troubled rollout of Obamacare to the obstruction of Republican governors who wanted to see the law fail as well as a lack of funding. But Oregon is a Democratic state that embraced Obamacare early and enthusiastically.'"

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Does this really belong on /.? Seriously?

Have you been paying attention in the past 10 or so years? This site gets more conservative every year. Currently if you don't have a shrine to Ayn Rand in your house you will be labeled a communist here. Next year... who knows. So yes, this belongs here, because it supports the standard conservative narrative that dominates this site .