Last I Checked, It's still 2013 - Politics Thread

by **Youseff** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 18:43:25

all the Brietbart Tea Party idiots hate Paul Ryan now

by **drsmooth** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 23:45:52

TenuredVulture wrote: Think about a drug company testing a drug--if the results of drug testing show the drug doesn't work, they're not supposed to keep re running the data until they get the results they want.

no, they are not supposed to

by **Werthless** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 00:07:29

Youseff wrote:all the Brietbart Tea Party idiots hate Paul Ryan now

Does this mean that you like Ryan now? Is he now a 'serious' Republican who cares about governing?

by **TenuredVulture** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 00:15:04

I've seen more than a few people on the left screaming about how this budget deal is going to lead to mass starvation.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 03:26:25

What a buncha tools...

by **drsmooth** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 09:35:28

TenuredVulture wrote:I've seen more than a few people on the left screaming about how this budget deal is going to lead to mass starvation.

you saw their screaming

everybody's signing now

by **pacino** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 09:37:17

TenuredVulture wrote:I've seen more than a few people on the left screaming about how this budget deal is going to lead to mass starvation.

it's not a very good deal

by **Werthless** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 09:41:37

drsmooth wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:I've seen more than a few people on the left screaming about how this budget deal is going to lead to mass starvation.

you saw their screaming

everybody's signing now

Check out the sign here, at 3:48... it's like he's opening a can of soda.

by **pacino** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:52:04

Werthless wrote:365,000 ACA signups (137,000 through healthcare.gov, the balance through state sites) through end of November. 1.9MM registered on the site (I don't know if this number is de-duped or not, as the number of truly unique registrants may be lower).

1.9 mil are people approved and who have yet to pick a plan. i think something like an additional 800K are now on Medicaid and CHIP.

by **Werthless** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:55:00

Is there anyone not approved? I don't understand your correction. Many people signed up multiple times (esp. in October when the site wasn't working well) because their log-ins wouldn't work.

by **pacino** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:00:44

yes, there are people not approved:

Cumulative Highlights for the period: October 1 – November 30
Marketplace Website and Call Center Activity
• Visitors on the SBM and FFM websites: 39.1 million
• Calls to the SBM and FFM call centers: 5.2 million
Marketplace Applications and Applicants
• Completed Applications submitted to the SBMs and FFM: 1.8 million
• Total Persons Applying for Coverage in Completed Applications submitted to the SBMs and FFM: 3.7 million
Marketplace Eligibility Determinations and Plan Selection
• Total Persons Determined Eligible to Enroll in a Marketplace plan by the SBMs and FFM: 2.3 million
• Number of Eligible Persons who have Selected a Plan through the SBMs and FFM: nearly 365,000
• Number of Eligible Persons who have Not Yet Selected a Marketplace Plan through the SBMs and FFM: 1.9 million
• Total Persons Determined or Assessed Eligible for Medicaid/CHIP by the SBMs and FFM: over 803,000
• Number of Persons who have Selected a Marketplace Plan or had a Medicaid/CHIP Determination or Assessment: 1.2 million

Number of Persons Determined or Assessed Eligible to Enroll in Coverage Through the Marketplace – Overall, the Marketplaces have processed eligibility determinations for 84 percent (3,110,360) of the 3,692,599 total persons who have applied for coverage through the Marketplaces during the first two months of the initial open enrollment period (10-1-13 to 11-30-13). Of these, 2,307,283 persons have been determined eligible to enroll in a plan through the Marketplace, representing 62 percent of the total persons who have applied for coverage through
ASPE Issue Brief Page 7
ASPE Office of Health Policy December 2013
the Marketplaces as a whole, and 803,077 persons have been determined or assessed eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), representing 22 percent of the total persons who have applied for coverage through the Marketplaces as a whole. Additionally, approximately 41 percent of the 2,307,283 total persons who have been determined eligible to enroll in a plan through the Marketplace have also been determined eligible to enroll in a plan with financial assistance (944,531). The remaining 1,362,752 other Marketplace plan-eligible persons includes individuals who: didn’t apply for financial assistance; applied for financial assistance and were found ineligible; applied for financial assistance and their applications are pending.

An additional 583,473 persons who applied for coverage through the Marketplaces (including approximately 152,611 in SBMs, and 430,862 in the FFM) have eligibility determinations in the Pending/Other category, including those who: 1) have a pending eligibility determination or assessment for a Marketplace plan or Medicaid/CHIP coverage; 2) have a processed eligibility determination or assessment for a Marketplace plan or Medicaid/CHIP coverage that is not captured in the relevant column in this table for a given state due to system issues; or 3) have been deemed ineligible for Marketplace coverage.

by **pacino** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:03:46

you are likely to see an inordinate amount of people approved because most of the people applying are, of course, those without coverage. this seeks to get them hooked up with coverage. a low rate of denials does not mean something is out of the ordinary.

by **drsmooth** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:17:43

man, Huelscamp & other reactionary loons are speaking in tongues about the ryan budget - even in their psychotic haze they know shutdown talk is like kicking themselves in the nuts, so they talk all around it when asked point blank

by **Bucky** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:19:21

koch brother now spending $ making people think the ACA will put volunteer fire companies out of business

by **traderdave** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:25:40

Phan In Phlorida wrote:What a buncha tools...

Damn, what is the phase I'm looking for........(fingers snapping)......oh yeah, fuck them!

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:49:38

Love the hats. Sorry about the song.

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:14:25

The Huckabee show has a live studio audience? Wow, those people must be starved for entertainment.

by **JFLNYC** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:17:44

And leave hungry.

by **drsmooth** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 13:53:16

Colbert riffs on Huckabamacarolling

by **slugsrbad** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 15:08:38

Phan In Phlorida wrote:What a buncha tools...

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