Of course: CMS official says number of previously uninsured enrolling in O-care cover
 

Of course: CMS official says number of previously uninsured enrolling in O-care coverage ‘**t a data point we’re collecting’
**Written by Doug Powers

During the big sales pitch for Obamacare, Americans were told that its primary purpose was to insure the uninsured. How’s that going?

The survey released Thursday by the McKinsey & Co. consulting firm found that only 27 percent of people who have selected a plan on the new exchanges didn’t previously have coverage.

The Obama administration says 4 million people have selected a plan since the exchanges launched on Oct. 1, but has **t said how many of them already had an insurance plan.

Why hasn’t the Obama administration said how many enrollees previously didn’t have health insurance? According to the CMS head of the Obamacare exchanges, they’re **t tracking that data:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) deputy administrator Gary Cohen, who directs the agency’s health insurance reform unit, said that CMS is **t tracking information about previously uninsured enrollees.

“That’s **t a data point we are really collecting in any sort of systematic way,” Cohen said when asked how many uninsured people are signing up on the Obamacare exchanges, according to a tweet from National Journal’s Sam Baker.

It’s only the main premise for the entire law, so why track that information?

Of course they k**w the number.

(h/t Twitchy)

**Written by Doug Powers

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