New evidence debunking Administrations overblown numbers.
By Carrie Lukas
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Have you noticed the White House hasnt mentioned ObamaCare enrollment since celebrating 8 million sign-ups back in April? Thats probably because most major
insurers are expecting 
that number to drop drastically due to erroneous and duplicate enrollments and due to the fact that many
enrollees arent paying their bills.
New evidence is debunking the Obama Administrations overblown numbers.
Aetna the nations third largest insurer is saying that of the 720000 people who signed up for ObamaCare exchange coverage in May only 600000 are paying customers now.
Aetna expects those numbers to drop even further to 500000 by the end of the year.
This is not a surprise to those of us who were closely watching the enrollment figures this spring. Its clear that the White House wants to focus on painting the enrollment figures as high to support their political talking point that ObamaCare is helping millions of people.
But ObamaCares effects are so much bigger than the enrollment numbers.
- Watch Independent Womens Voice health policy director Hadley Heath Manning discuss the issue with Neil Cavuto:
These numbers represent people. How do we know that people are enrolled in reliable insurance plans with significant coverage and significant provider networks? Are they satisfied with these plans?
ObamaCare is not like other products; many people signed up because the law cancelled their old plan or because they feared the consequences of the individual mandate penalty.
High sign-ups do not mean high satisfaction.
Considering the broader picture this law creates many more losers than winners.
Carrie L. Lukas is the vice president for Policy & Economics at the Independent Womens Voice and managing director of the Independent Womens Forum. Lukas is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women Sex & Feminism and is a contributor to Forbes.com.
