House GOP Basically Admits Its Obamacare Survey Was Bogus

[Bill USA]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-admits-obamacare-survey-bogus

House Republicans have come as close as they likely will to admitting that their much-touted Obamacare survey was bogus.

An industry source shared with TPM an email sent Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which said it plans to ask for new data from insurers that it hopes will "accurately capture" the number of HealthCare.gov enrollees who have paid their premiums.

The same source described a previous survey from the committee as "incredibly rigged" to reach a conclusion that only 67 percent of enrollees had paid their premiums, by ignoring the fact that the due date for some of those payments was still weeks out from the committee's deadline.

"After discussions with many of you, the Committee believes that gathering data through May 20, 2014 should accurately capture the number of individuals who have completed their enrollments through (HealthCare.gov) by paying their premium," the email, sent by a committee staffer, said. It was accompanied by a formal letter from committee leadership.
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[Wellstone ruled]

1. No Sh*t!!!

Must have stuck their collective finger to the wind again and found out it ain't going as they forecast. Now,if someone would tell some of these wanta be Rethugs that are running against Dems,it isn't going to work as talking point. Sorry,forgot,their funding is coming from Billionaire TeaBillies.

[randys1]

2. what, they lied

then i want a god damn special investigation

if they can investigate Benghazi where nothing nefarious happened surely they can investigate this

and a few HUNDRED OF W'S CRIMES

[Bill USA]

3. I'd like to see all the M$M GOP Toadies who reported on the GOP propaganda to report it was BOGUS.

I'll die waiting.


... "Hey, don't touch my WMD...claims"!

[Bill USA]

4. they can start by investigating why Bushter told the Delta Forces to stand down, when they had OBL!!

[randys1]

5. No shit, but the truth is the right cares NOTHING ABOUT THE DEAD IN BENGHAZI

THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT HATING OBAMA

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Okay, I'll ask the pre-emptive question ...

so that no one freaks out when the survey returns a finding of anything less than 100% premium payment ...

What is the industry projection for failure to pay initial premiums? What is the historical rate of failure to pay premiums?

And for good measure ... Yes, there are going to be those that do not pay their premiums, just like with any other insurance policies.

[Scuba]

7. Republicans aren't burdened by the need for facts to back up what they say.

[Bill USA]

8. "Facts? facts!? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING FACTS!!"