The White House's new Obamacare progress metric: people "poised to gain coverage." http://t.co/4vtDEdZqOE
—Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 18, 2013Remember the good old days when the Obama administration rolled out its “more expansive” definition of “enrolled in Obamacare” to include those who had simply placed an insurance plan in their virtual shopping cart? What they called “pre-effectuated enrollment”? A new White House email expands that expansive definition even further, touting those 1.2 million who are poised to gain coverage.
@lachlan The new "jobs created or saved."—Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) December 18, 2013
"Poised to gain coverage" = "We hope these folks follow thru"—IamConservative (@rpward51) December 18, 2013
@lachlan @bdomenech and @Knicks are "poised to win The NBA Championship"—Lars Thorwald (@cj_larry) December 18, 2013
@lachlan Like the economy is poised to take off for 50 months now—JWF (@JammieWF) December 18, 2013
It sounds so much nicer than "uninsured thanks to Obamacare and Obama's policies implementing it." @lachlan @instapundit—Mr. X (@GlomarResponder) December 18, 2013
@lachlan @instapundit Perfectly poised, in pajamas and sipping hot chocolate.—No Broccoli 4 U (@NoBroccoli4U) December 18, 2013
Heh.
@lachlan It's like all the people "deemed eligible" for Medicaid. Whatever the heck that means.—Varad Mehta (@GWhistorian) December 18, 2013
"1.2M Americans are poised to gain coverage" Really?! "Poised" is the new word?! @michellemalkinhttp://t.co/TylrzOiigy—Ian Gaddis (@iCobalt1) December 17, 2013
Yes, poised is the new word.
@iCobalt1 @michellemalkin Health Ins industry "poised" to collapse under weight of #Obamacare—David Cox (@Dcoxboomer) December 17, 2013
@iCobalt1 @michellemalkin Americans "poised" to lose insurance & money under #Obamacare—David Cox (@Dcoxboomer) December 17, 2013
How many Americans are “poised” to lose their health insurance under Obamacare if around 6 million already have?
@iCobalt1 @michellemalkin I'M "poised" To take my chances in court? no socialist is going to force me to buy anything! Jail is ok Too!—Doug Mahoney (@steelhme) December 17, 2013
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