According to new data from CNBC, the Federal Government spent an average of $6,894.05 for each Obamacare enrollee in state exchanges. With the lowest performing exchanges, Hawaii and Washington, DC, spending $35,749.00 and $20,499.37, respectively.
Though, this data fails to take into account any of the advertising dollars spent by the Federal Government, and only accounts for federal allocations to the states themselves.
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None of this data takes into account the millions spent on advertising, despite the President’s statements that “We didn’t make a hard sell.” Or that the Administration “…didn’t have millions of dollars in commercials like some critics did,” which as it happens is in direct opposition to a recent New York Times article stating, “[f]rom January until the end of March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs the HealthCare.gov site and administers the Affordable Care Act, will have spent $52 million on paid media…”
What the American people need is healthcare policy that puts the patient first—one that expands access without increasing cost and limiting choice—and conservatives have the right policy solutions to do just that.