Quote Originally Posted by Kembal View Post
Your numbers are off.

I think the RAND health insurance survey is the best number out there:

http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/04/sur...an-adults.html

Bullet points:


Bolding mine.

Two caveats:
1. There is a large margin of error on this survey, about 3.5 million. however, at worst, that still means a net gain of 5.8 million insured.
2. The survey did not capture the last minute enrollment surge at the end of March.

With that said, the marketplace enrollment statistic is not the only barometer of how successful the ACA will be in reducing the amount of uninsured. The increased enrollment in Medicaid and the increased enrollment in employer-sponsored insurance (due to the mandate) have to be included as well.
Mandate has been delayed till 2016. They don't want to lose the whitehouse when employers tell their employees "fuck you, buy it yourself".