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WaPo Fact C'ker Slams Obama’s Claim 6M Americans Have Health Ins Because of Obamacare
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Even the Wash Post busts him out for being the Liar In Chief....
Look closely at this tweet [seen above] by the @BarackObama account, maintained by the pro-Obama group Organizing for America. The 6 million figure comes from combining a figure of 2.1 million for people selecting a plan via state and federal exchanges, through December, and 3.9 million for Medicaid, through November. Thus the claim that “6 million Americans have already signed up for coverage thanks to health reform.”
There is much less to the Medicaid figure than meets the eye. (The exchange figure has been updated recently, to 2.2 million, but not the Medicaid figure.) Indeed, there has been vast confusion about what this figure means, especially in the news media. The Fact Checker cited the 3.9 million figure in a few recent columns, but prodded by a colleague as well as an interesting analysis by Sean Trende at Real Clear Politics, we decided to take a closer look.
Bottom line: This number tells you almost nothing about how the Affordable Care Act is affecting Medicaid enrollment. Reporters need to stop using it. [...]
The Pinocchio Test
Essentially, then, it is ridiculous to suggest, as the @BarackObama tweet does, that the people who have selected a health plan in the exchanges are in anyway equivalent to the 3.9 to 4.2 million who were deemed eligible for Medicaid.
Soon, CMS will release the Medicaid numbers for December. Presumably the new numbers will reveal as little about the impact of the Affordable Care Act as the 3.9 million figure. Reporters need to be very careful about using the new figure in any sentence that includes a reference to the new health-care law.
We’re awarding Three Pinocchios to everyone, including The Fact Checker, who improperly used this number or left the wrong impression about it.
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RE: WaPo Fact C'ker Slams Obama’s Claim 6M Americans Have Health Ins Because of Obamacare
3 long ones for LazyTom to sit and spin on.
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RE: WaPo Fact C'ker Slams Obama’s Claim 6M Americans Have Health Ins Because of Obamacare
When you're a democrat and the WaPo is Pinocchioing you, you're flat lying.
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RE: WaPo Fact C'ker Slams Obama’s Claim 6M Americans Have Health Ins Because of Obamacare
Liberal fu*cks have no shame.
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WaPo Fact C'ker Slams Obama’s Claim 6M Americans Have Health Ins Because of Obamacare
