EXCLUSIVE: Less than 1% of visitors are signing up for Obamacare on state health exchange websites
California’s program registered an estimated 0.58 per cent of website visitors in its first day
A Connecticut congressman boasted that his state took 167 applications for Obamacare services on day one, a rate of 0.59 per cent
Obama administration won’t say how many Americans signed up on the central website that covered insurance exchanges for 36 states
Kentucky’s 5.3 per cent application rate seems to be the nation’s highest
Other states wouldn’t provide statistics, or tracked only the creation of new online accounts, not numbers of completed applications
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor
As President Obama’s signature health insurance overhaul effort began to enroll new participants on Monday, some states running their own insurance exchanges saw huge levels of website traffic but paltry interest in signing up.
California, the ultimate blue state whose federal lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in support of Obamacare, turned less than 1 per cent of its Web visits into ‘Covered California’ participants on Tuesday.
‘We had over 5.7 million hits to our website as of 3 p.m. yesterday,’ Covered California spokeswoman Kelsey Caldwell told MailOnline Wednsday.
‘7,700 consumers began their application process yesterday. … 4,143 applications are pending,’ she added. ‘We received 23,269 calls yesterday to our service center.’
Caldwell couldn’t say how many of the 5.7 million website hits were from unique Californians. But assuming 712,500 online visitors saw eight different Web pages each, the sign-up rate was 0.58 per cent.
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Liberal fail. Sad the whole country has to suffer because liberals think they know what is best for everyone.
I am one of the many visitors who looked but did not purchase. I just wanted to see how it worked. I am already insured. I am sure that there were people like me checking out the options just to be informed.
Doesn’t change the fact that very few people are signing up. The entire ironically named “Affordable Care Act” depends on young people being stupid enough to sign-up when paying the penalty is cheaper than the premiums. If young people have 1/2 a brain they won’t fall for it. Pay the penalty (oh, sorry Chief Justice Roberts, I mean “tax”) and then purchase good insurance if you ever have something major happen to you since the insurance comapnies won’t be allowed to reject you for the preexisting condition. Only people who pass a law “in order to find out what’s in it,” as Nancy Pelosi said, could come up with such a dumb approach. Way to go Dems. Don’t worry, I’m sure you will still get a trophy for trying so that your self-esteme won’t suffer.
#3 you are so misguided. Young people are not stupid to sign up for health insurance. Accidents and sudden illnesses happen to anyone and everyone.