printThere is not one non-statist bone in JONATHAN COHN’s body (of writing). On the healthcare beat, this New Republic writer finds ways to beat Obamcare data into shape around the premise that this medical juggernaut is working.
Thus, victory is declared on account that “new government figures show that slightly fewer than 1 million people enrolled in February” and that by “March 31 … the number should exceed 5 million.” No matter that over 6 million policies (and counting) have been cancelled, and that many of the millions scrambling for coverage and enrolling are those … whose so-called subpar plans were cancelled on them.
Are we not talking an overlapping population that needs to be teased out here? (Hence the Venn diagram.) Or are liberals too dumb to have figured that out?
Naturally, even if Obamacare signs up more people than it kicked out of the insurance market—this will not vitiate the law’s violations of individual liberties.