So, how is Obamacare doing?

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(07-05-2016, 07:12 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: 1/3 of 1% of the Nation?  Really man?

You and I both know that the administration thought that people would flock to it, in droves.  Never happened.

Well your initial claim was that a very broad law was probably not working because 1.6 million of the 12.7 million people who subscribed this year dropped out of it 2 months later. You're now suggesting that it's not working because only 1 million more Americans are using the exchange (only one aspect of the law) this year than used it last year. 

Estimates suggest 42 million Americans did not have insurance before the law. Gallup suggests that the uninsured rate has dropped over 6% (from 17.1% to 11%) since the individual mandate went into effect. What that means is 35% of those who were uninsured now have insurance. Nearly 14.7 million people. Not all of them are getting it through the exchanges. Some now get insurance from their employer when they didn't before. Some are now covered by mom and dad (under 26). Some might have dropped their costly insurance to get insurance through the exchange. 

Either way you cut it, 35% of those who were uninsured before the mandate now have insurance. It's working in that sense. And that's only part of the law.

If you want to attack the law, attack the poor rollout, the cost, and the fact that telling people they have to buy insurance should be considered unconstitutional (thanks Roberts). Your current line of attack is just false.