A New Report Finds Only 11% of ObamaCare Enrollees Were Uninsured, and Democrats Are Nervous

Congressional Democrats maintain that, despite the problems plaguing HealthCare.gov, the cancelled health policies, the lost access, and the higher premiums, ObamaCare is still a justified law because it expands health coverage to the uninsured.

But according to a new report, possibly as few as just 11% of those who enrolled in ObamaCare health plans were previously uninsured, meaning that the vast majority of sign ups into the President’s health care law already had health insurance.

That same report found that among those who didn’t sign up for ObamaCare, a majority (52%) stated that “affordability” of the plans was their biggest concern.

If these trends continue, Democrats will have some explaining to do on the campaign trail as to why they’ve cancelled millions of Americans’ health plans, broken promises, and caused premiums to skyrocket.

From Forbes:

The latest reporting on this topic comes from Christopher Weaver and Anna Wilde Mathews of the Wall Street Journal. They cite several industry surveys on the coverage history of those signing up for insurance on the Obamacare exchanges. The first, from McKinsey & Co., indicates that “only 11 percent of consumers who bought new coverage under the law were previously uninsured.” McKinsey surveyed 4,563 individuals “thought to be eligible for the health-law marketplaces,” of which 389 had enrolled in exchange-based plans.

Of those that didn’t sign up for Obamacare-based coverage, 52 percent stated that “affordability” was their biggest complaint with the exchanges’ plan offerings. Only 30 percent cited “technical challenges in buying the plans.”