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Stung by Obama economy, younger Americans reject ObamaCare’s high costs:
- The Hill: ObamaCare has youth problem
- Washington Examiner: HHS report shows Obamacare behind on signing up young Americans
- Washington Examiner: Quarter of Obamacare sign-ups are young adults, short of target
- Associated Press: Health Care Signups: More Older Americans So Far
- Washington Times: Young enrollees of ObamaCare fall well short of goal
- Wall Street Journal: Health Sign-Ups Skew Older, Raising Fears Over Costs
- Fox News: Insurers raise cost concerns after ObamaCare demographic data released
- Washington Free Beacon: ABC: Enrollment In Obamacare By Younger Americans Is Much Lower Than Anticipated
Higher costs hit middle class:
- Washington Post: Second wave of health-insurance disruption affects small businesses
- Washington Free Beacon: Moving Company Faces Up To $275,000 In New Costs Due To Obamacare
- Bloomberg: Obamacare Small-Business Plan Lags Behind in Face of Cost
- WOOD: Study: ACA cost West Michigan 1,000 jobs
- NBC Connecticut: Some Applicants for Obamacare Wrongly Identified as Incarcerated
- Washington Free Beacon: NY Small Business Forced to Drop Employee Insurance Under Obamacare
- Fox News: Rubio Op-ed: Sebelius, Congress should take ObamaCare bailout off the table
- Weekly Standard: Bailing Out Health Insurers and Helping Obamacare
True enrollment figures are hard to come by:
- CNN Money: The truth behind Obamacare 6 million coverage figure
- Washington Post: Warning: Ignore claims that 3.9 million people signed up for Medicaid because of Obamacare
- Edmond Sun: Enrollees for health care sparse
- Weekly Standard: Official: No One Knows How Many People Have Actually Paid for Obamacare
- Real Clear Politics: CMS Official: We Don’t Know How Many People Have Paid For Obamacare
- Forbes: The “Conversion Rate” On Healthcare.Gov: This Obamacare Number That Nobody Is Talking About May Be The Most Revealing
- Washington Free Beacon : CMS Official Doesn’t Know When Obamacare Payment System Will Be Completed
Fearful Democrats dodging and weaving on ObamaCare:
- National Journal : White House Moves Obamacare Goalposts Again
- The Hill: WH delays another ObamaCare deadline
- Breitbart: White House Opposes ‘Costly’ Obamacare Transparency Bill
- Weekly Standard: Democratic Senator: We’ve Never Discussed Plans to Fix Obamacare at Party Meetings
- Weekly Standard: Obamacare Drags Dems Down
- Politico: Survey: Obamacare worries Hill aides
- Weekly Standard: Unwinding Obamacare
Spanish speakers frustrated by sloppy website:
- USA Today: Obamacare insults Hispanics: column
- Associated Press: Health Care Website Frustrates Spanish Speakers
- Washington Post: Spanish version of Healthcare.gov apparently used computer translation?
- Wall Street Journal: Spanglish? Glitches Afflict Healthcare.gov’s Spanish Version
- Palm Beach Post: Obamacare and Latinos: More uninsured, fewer enrolled
- The Hill: Problems emerge at CuidadoDeSalud.gov
- Washington Free Beacon: Spanish-Speaking Texans Having Trouble Navigating Obamacare Website
- Politico: Hispanic group offers anti-ACA ad
Never-ending exchange woes:
- St. Paul Pioneer Press: MNsure call center waits average 67 minutes as deadline for Feb. 1 coverage passes
- Wall Street Journal: Maryland Won’t Switch Over to Healthcare.gov
- Washington Post: Maryland’s health Web site debacle: A scandal of incompetence
- CNNMoney: Help! I can’t use my Obamacare benefits
- Washington Examiner: Access problems loom for Obamacare
- Washington Free Beacon: Oregon Health Exchange Yet to Complete One Enrollment
- Associated Press: Lawmakers grill Cover Oregon leader over problems
Lax security testing is hacker paradise:
- Reuters: Republicans warn of security flaws in Obamacare website
- Associated Press: HHS No. 2 doesn’t recall elevating security worry
- Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Another kind of health care security