GOP Finds Only 67% of ObamaCare Enrollees Paid First Premium; Networks Ignore
House Republicans determined that just two-thirds
of ObamaCare enrollees paid their first month's premium in the federal
marketplace, but the broadcast networks ignored their finding on Thursday evening, though FNC's Special Report with Bret Baier ran a full story.
If true, the report would drastically undercut the White House's number
of ObamaCare enrollees.
A report by the House Energy and Commerce Committee found that,
according to data from all insurance providers, "only 67 percent of
individuals and families that had selected a health plan in the
federally facilitated marketplace had paid their first month’s premium
and therefore completed the enrollment process."
In
addition, the data showed only 25 percent of young adults – age 18 to
34 – were paid enrollees, far less than the 40 percent goal that the
administration set and that experts said was needed for the law to work.
Yet the networks ignored this massive new claim that ObamaCare is not
working as the White House says it is, and that the administration's
enrollment figure is significantly higher than the actual number of
ObamaCare enrollees.
Instead ABC's World News reported on the "tantalizing fashion frontier" of space suits that humans possibly could wear on a Mars colony.
— Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matt Hadro on Twitter.
