Representative LaMalfa Comments on Obamacare Enrollment Figures

For Immediate Release

January 14, 2014

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Doug LaMalfa released the following statement regarding the latest health care enrollment report that 2.153 million Americans selected a plan through the Obamacare exchanges, a number significantly below the administration's target of 3.3 million. According to the report, 79% of those who did fully sign up qualify for financial assistance from the government, indicating that the program will not be financially viable.

"The latest report released by the administration, which fails to disclose the number of individuals included who have actually enrolled in a plan, is especially upsetting when you take into account the 4.7 million Americans who lost coverage [1]. This means that over 2.5 million more Americans are left uninsured today due to Obamacare and its mandates. Even more alarming, the dismal numbers of healthy, young adults included in the report put the law on track to what the Kaiser Family Foundation described as the "worst-case scenario," rate increases that result in fewer options for Americans to get coverage at an affordable rate. Already Washington Insiders are looking for a bailout of insurance companies with taxpayer money," stated Representative LaMalfa. "Americans deserve access to affordable, quality health care that addresses their needs, not a law full of failed and broken promises. Today's numbers make it even clearer that this law must at a minimum be delayed and taxpayer bailouts must be off the table."

[1] https://news.yahoo.com/policy-notifications-current-status-state-204701399.html

Doug LaMalfa is a lifelong farmer representing California's First Congressional District including, Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou and Tehama Counties.