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Fox News: Obamacare Numbers Are 'Phony'

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Before the news that over 7 million people had signed up for Obamacare, Fox News pundits seemed to be in agreement about one thing: the program was definitely not going to hit that target.In the wake of the news that over 7 million people have signed up for Obamacare, Fox News pundits Bill O'Reilly and Charles Krauthammer were in complete agreement about one thing: there's no way those numbers were real.
“These numbers that they are touting are phony numbers," Krauthammer told O'Reilly on Tuesday. "That’s like saying anybody who goes on Amazon, orders a nifty stereo set, and puts it in the shopping cart, has purchased the stereo set. I can assure you it’s not going to show up at your house until you paid for it.”
The two men were also sure that the whole thing was a conspiracy to move towards a single-payer system, which, since single-payer advocates think Obamacare is a mess that only further entrenches a corrupt private insurance oligarchy, would be news to them.
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Ohhh FOX News.. Wouldnt expect anything less from you. You were touting for a very long time that the ACA will never reach they goal but when they did, of course you just pull something straight from your asses without any proof of it. You just make up "they made the numbers up". Pathetic. But hey what else can you expect from FOX News. :lamo
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Read more and video @: Fox News: Obamacare Numbers Are 'Phony'

Ohhh FOX News.. Wouldnt expect anything less from you. You were touting for a very long time that the ACA will never reach they goal but when they did, of course you just pull something straight from your asses without any proof of it. You just make up "they made the numbers up". Pathetic. But hey what else can you expect from FOX News. :lamo[/FONT][/COLOR]
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I really like the contributors they pay to be on their shows. Always entertaining to watch, and funny too! :peace

 
It's Fox that's phony. Spreading right wing propaganda 24/7.
 
The laughingstock at faux....



:lamo
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Read more and video @: Fox News: Obamacare Numbers Are 'Phony'

Ohhh FOX News.. Wouldnt expect anything less from you. You were touting for a very long time that the ACA will never reach they goal but when they did, of course you just pull something straight from your asses without any proof of it. You just make up "they made the numbers up". Pathetic. But hey what else can you expect from FOX News. :lamo[/FONT][/COLOR]
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Actually they are accurately describing why the numbers are being used misleadingly. For example, I am one of those "7 million" that the administration is claiming credit for, but I haven't purchased any health insurance whatsoever. I just went and created an account, shopped around, realized it was WAY too expensive, and never purchased.
 
cpwill said:
Actually they are accurately describing why the numbers are being used misleadingly. For example, I am one of those "7 million" that the administration is claiming credit for, but I haven't purchased any health insurance whatsoever. I just went and created an account, shopped around, realized it was WAY too expensive, and never purchased.
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:lamo
"Rigged the books" is accurately describing it? Seriously?
 
First off I don't get the big deal. Obama made a law and 7 million complied with it. How many people follow the tax law and file a return every year. The second thing is crowing about 7 million people signing up and saying it met your goal is complete horse s***. The goal of the law was to insure the uninsured and obama refuses to tell us how many of the supposed signups were from previously uninsured Americans. Top secret I guess.:lol:
 
APACHERAT said:
Red Eye is right wing propaganda ? :thinking I would need a joint and a pizza to come to a honest conclusion.
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Ill bring the joint if you provide the pizza.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
:lamo
"Rigged the books" is accurately describing it? Seriously?
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The Obama administration does have a track record of cooking Numbers and right out lying.

Even the Dept. of Defense Inspector General Office busted Obama red handed. (red, no pun intended)

Follow the links from this link. -> DoD IG Report Exposes Improper Activities to Repeal Gays in Military Law - Search - Center for Military Readiness

So it's a damn good possibility that the Obama administration had the 7 million number three months ago. That's how the Obama administration has been doing business before 2009.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
First off I don't get the big deal. Obama made a law and 7 million complied with it. How many people follow the tax law and file a return every year. The second thing is crowing about 7 million people signing up and saying it met your goal is complete horse s***. The goal of the law was to insure the uninsured and obama refuses to tell us how many of the supposed signups were from previously uninsured Americans. Top secret I guess.:lol:
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The goal was 7 million by March. Here is an article back from December stating the goal. Not Halfway To 7 Million Signup Goal, Obamacare Needs Push - Forbes
 
APACHERAT said:
The Obama administration does have a track record of cooking Numbers and right out lying.
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Cooking the books? All you provided was one example... And not a very good example.... And "oh no a POTUS lies! Its not like the first time ever". But hey if you have any proof at all that this # is a lie go ahead and post it.. We shall be waiting.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Cooking the books? All you provided was one example... And not a very good exampleQUOTE]

How about when the Obama administration reported to Congress how large our Navy combat fleet was and tried to pull a fast one by reclassifying navy hospital ships as being warships as if they had guns and also counting oversized rowboats used for harbor and coastal patrols as part of the combat fleet ?

Obama was busted again cooking the numbers and changing the definitions of words of ships classifications to further a leftist political agenda.

That's how the Obama administration has been doing things from day one going back before 2009.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hospital-ships-be-counted-us-combat-fleet_785301.html
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sawyerloggingon said:
That was not the goal of obamacare. The goal was to insure the uninsured and obama won't tell us how many of that 7 mill were previously uninsured.
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Thats the long term goal. The signup goal however was at least 7 million Americans...
 
sawyerloggingon said:
First off I don't get the big deal. Obama made a law and 7 million complied with it. How many people follow the tax law and file a return every year. The second thing is crowing about 7 million people signing up and saying it met your goal is complete horse s***. The goal of the law was to insure the uninsured and obama refuses to tell us how many of the supposed signups were from previously uninsured Americans. Top secret I guess.:lol:
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Well there's that, and also to make healthcare a LOT cheaper. So, if you're scoring at home, we had 40 million uninsured that needed to be insured, and we needed to make healthcare cheaper. My estimation is that most of the 7 million they claim are now insured are mostly the folks that lost their insurance due to the laws implementation. What else were they to do, or go? Brilliant logic there, eh? Force American's out of their own insurance, and then claim that we have successfully signed up all of them on the new healthcare.gov site. LOL

Oh, and there's that little pesky still 40 million uninsured problem that the media dogs are not really paying any attention too. :)

Tim-
 
RAND: Only One-Third Of Obamacare Exchange Sign-Ups Were From The Previously Uninsured - Forbes
If you apply that math to the RAND figures, you get this: of the people who have paid their first month’s premium on the Obamacare exchanges, and are thereby enrolled in coverage, 76 percent were previously insured, and 24 percent were previously uninsured.
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So, in reality, only 1.7 million people (give or take) signed up that didn't have insurance.

Health insurance coverage in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Census Bureau annually reports statistics on the uninsured. The current Census Bureau report states that the number of Americans living uninsured declined to 48.6 million in 2011 from 49.9 million in 2010.
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So of the 48 million that Obamacare are supposed to be insured, only 1.7 million are actually insured now. Despite a legal mandate, subsidies and a multi million dollar ad campaign, Obamacare failed to reach its stated goal of everyone having insurance.

Mean while, everyone's premiums have gone up, many lost their plans and their doctors and the number of providers is falling rapidly. It is time to repeal Obamacare.
 
cpwill said:
Actually they are accurately describing why the numbers are being used misleadingly. For example, I am one of those "7 million" that the administration is claiming credit for, but I haven't purchased any health insurance whatsoever. I just went and created an account, shopped around, realized it was WAY too expensive, and never purchased.
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How do you know you are one of the 7 million? Signing up and visiting the site is not counted as a purchase.
 
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