Can the ObamaCare Enrollment Numbers Be Believed?

An anonymous reader writes "When the Obama administration announced on April 1 that an estimated 7.1 million had signed up for ObamaCare by the end of March, it seemed a nearly impossible achievement. To reach 7.1 million, sign-ups had to rocket up by 67% in just one month. That's astounding enough, but an IBD review of existing ObamaCare enrollment data shows that the mathematical challenge of reaching 7.1 million sign-ups was even tougher."

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Really?

[nurb432]

You really expect to believe the numbers coming out of Washington? Gullible aren't we?

Sure, this is the worst administration for lies in our lifetime, but even before this one, they still fudged numbers. It's just the way the game is played out there.

Re:Fuck Obamacare

[jedidiah]

If Obama had the balls he could have called it a tax from the start. Then there would be an ObamaCare tax on my paystub next to the SSI and Medicare one.

While I would not have particularly like that, it at least would have not been a Harvard Con Law Professor wiping his butt with the Constitution.

This kind of dishonesty leads to all kinds of nasty consequences and corruption that are ultimately bad for business. The biggest problem isn't even the personal liberty angle. The biggest problem is really how the personal liberty angle feeds into our prosperity as a nation.

Things like predictability and the rule of law aren't just academic or theoretical issues.

There are perfectly crass reasons to care about the rules.