04-12-2014, 04:36 PM
The Rand study cited above with the 9.3 million increase did not include enrollees through the end of the signup period as the piece claims, but only until mid March, after which there was a very significant increase in the numbers. http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/04/survey-...dults.html "Our marketplace enrollment numbers are lower than those reported by the federal government at least in part because our data do not fully capture the surge in enrollment that occurred in late March 2014." The Rand survey was also just that, a survey. A total of 2,425 adults responded to questions.
Also of interest was the 47% increase in the use of specialty drugs cited above. That 47% increase was from 0.75% to 1.1% of prescriptions, leaving one to suggest the writer was trying awfully hard to stretch data that supported his point of view.
Time will tell just how effective the ACA is, but for now at least we can conclude the conservative media has yet to change its tune or tactics. And for good reason I might add. In a 2012 poll of over 1,000 people 62.9% percent of Republicans still believed Iraq had WMDs when the war started despite clear evidence to the contrary. The power of persistent persuasion is profound.
(https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http:...y%20ID.pdf)
Also of interest was the 47% increase in the use of specialty drugs cited above. That 47% increase was from 0.75% to 1.1% of prescriptions, leaving one to suggest the writer was trying awfully hard to stretch data that supported his point of view.
Time will tell just how effective the ACA is, but for now at least we can conclude the conservative media has yet to change its tune or tactics. And for good reason I might add. In a 2012 poll of over 1,000 people 62.9% percent of Republicans still believed Iraq had WMDs when the war started despite clear evidence to the contrary. The power of persistent persuasion is profound.
(https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http:...y%20ID.pdf)