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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Government Enron: Add Obamacare To Your Shopping Cart? Consider Yourself Enrolled

With the numbers of 'real' enrollees in Obamacare looking dismal relative to government expectations, and the deadline for the first official details of the health law's enrollment figures due later this week, the administration has decided - in an oh so US Government-esque move - to change the rules. An enrollee is now defined as people who have purchased a plan (normal health insurance plan protocol) as well as those who have a plan sitting in their online shopping cart but have not yet paid. As The Washington Post notes, the disparity in the numbers is likely to further inflame the political fight especially in light of the fact that - for context - theaverage e-commerce shopping cart abandonment rate is 67%.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A good portion of working Americans work for federal, state, county or municipal jobs and if they weren't exempt from the bill maybe the #'s would be higher.

Anonymous said...

Just wait for the employer mandate...that may change--did you see the article about these types of workers being moved to part time work?