New State Data On Obamacare Enrollment Trends Show How Scheme Is Failing

Scott Gottlieb | Forbes | December 20, 2013

The White House obfuscates when it comes to Obamacare enrollment results.

But some of the individual states that have established their own on-line exchanges (and sidestepped healthcare.gov) have been forthcoming.

Enrollment in these states is outpacing healthcare.gov. So it’s a good bet that their experience is a proxy of what’s happening market wide.

And these individual state numbers look awful.

The entire scheme was predicated on enticing enough young, healthy consumers to sign up for insurance to subsidize the cost of the older Americans, and those with pre-existing health conditions.

The state exchanges are badly missing these demographic marks.