Why am I not surprised? Kathleen Sebelius’ Department of Health and Human Services HHS pushed false numbers to back up claims about health insurance cancellations, according to a health policy expert and the Daily Caller.
HHS emailed a press release Thursday touting a reporter conference call with Ron Pollack, executive director of the group Families USA and founding board chairman of the scandal-plagued Obamacare enrollment group Enroll America.
“Less than 1 Percent of Nation’s Non-Elderly are at Risk of Losing Their Current Individual Market Plan and Paying More for Insurance under the ACA,” according to the release. That figure, based on a new Families USA report, does not hold water, according to Dr. David Hogberg, health care policy analyst for the National Center for Public Policy Research.
“To get to that 1 percent number, they assume that everyone making less than 400 percent of the poverty level is getting a subsidy, or what other people call a tax credit, for purchasing insurance on that exchange,” Hogberg told The Daily Caller.
“But, given the way the subsidy is calculated, many people under 400 percent FPL won’t receive any financial assistance,” Hogberg said.