Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Released In HHS Report, But They Don’t Add Up

Perhaps because of the abundance of raw data available in this Age of Information, many an argument comes down to contesting the essential facts and figures that underpin a given claim. In the Open to Debate formerly known as Intelligence Squared U.S. debate held on Jan. 15, for instance, the subject in question was whether ‘Obamacare is now beyond rescue’ and both sides referred to the number of canceled policies resulting from health care reform ‘ five million, some have claimed ‘ as a significant issue that has been hotly contested over the past few months. ‘Many journalists have tried to figure out exactly how many policies have been canceled,’ Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine stated, ‘And they don’t have good enough records to know, but they know it’s not 5 million. And they suspect ‘ the administration suspects it’s closer to one-tenth of that figure.’