[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 700]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             OBAMACARE DATA

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, the administration reported this week that 
they have fallen far short of their goal for signing young, healthy 
Americans up for new ObamaCare plans.
  Ever since the failure of healthcare.gov to launch properly, the 
administration has downplayed the importance of enrolling their goal of 
7 million Americans in exchange plans. All the recent talk has been 
about how much more important it is to have a mix of older, sicker 
Americans than younger, healthier Americans.
  Now we come to find out that this younger cohort only makes up 24 
percent of enrollees. That is 15 percentage points below their goal.
  The definition of success keeps changing. That is exactly why we need 
Representative Terry's bill to require HHS to give Congress and the 
American people solid data. We cannot trust officials who keep moving 
the goalpost and keep assuring us that everything is fine when in 
reality it keeps failing.
  It is time we remove the rose-colored glasses and get to the facts.

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