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red states rule
11-09-2013, 03:50 AM
Nothing like having an unlimited budget to try and attain your goals. The only good thing is that it is always someone else's money with the government so they do not give a damn how the money is spent





Earlier this week we learned (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/11/08/“With%20numbers%20like%20these,%20it's%20no%20wond er%20the%20Obama%20Administration%20hasn't%20wante d%20to%20release%20how%20many%20people%20have%20si gned%20up%20for%20ObamaCare,”%20Republican%20Senat or%20Orrin%20Hatch%20said%20in%20a%20statement.%20 “With%20data%20from%20DC's%20four%20participating% 20health%20plans%20in,%20there's%20been%20a%20whop ping%20five%20people%20enrolled%20in%20the%20city’ s%20exchange.%20That’s%20right%20five.%20Whether%2 0it's%20significant%20problems%20with%20the%20webs ite,%20people%20being%20forced%20off%20the%20cover age%20they%20had%20or%20skyrocketing%20costs,%20th ese%20numbers%20are%20even%20more%20proof%20of%20w hat%20a%20disaster%20ObamaCare%20is%20and%20why%20 it%20should%20be%20delayed.”)Delaware has spent $4 million to enroll four people in Obamacare. That was nothing. New numbers (http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=47422) from four different healthcare providers show Washington D.C. has spent $133,573,928 to enroll a grand total of five people in Obamacare. That's $26,714,785.60 per Obamacare enrollee.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield: two enrollees from Oct. 1, 2013, through Oct. 30, 2013.

Kaiser Permanente: three enrollees from Oct. 1, 2013, through Oct. 31, 2013.

UnitedHealthcare: no enrollment data from the exchange as of Nov. 4, 2013.

Aetna: no enrollment data as of Oct. 24, 2013.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/11/08/washington-dc-spends-133573928-to-enroll-five-people-in-obamacare-n1743410