The White House and HHS have promised to release the *official* Obamacare enrollment numbers by November 15th, that’s Friday.    However, according to The Wall Street Journal it appears there are a few advanced leaks. 
Perhaps the leaks are established to diminish expectations, but we are talking about Denis McDonough and ValJar here.   Just as likely a scenario, is a psy-ops seed planted early in the week to start the anti-Obamacare frenzy….. then on Friday the actual release is better than expected and arms the proponents for the weekend talks.
Regardless, what people are missing, as they focus on the feeder pellets, and fall for the typical basement message from the White House, is the distinct principle that:

…..more people have LOST health insurance in month one than have gained it….

THAT is the nuance within the message which must be directly highlighted.
Obamacare(Wall Street Journal) Initial reports suggest that fewer than 50,000 people successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website to enroll in private health insurance plans as of last week, two people familiar with the matter said Monday.
The early tally falls far short of internal goals set by President Barack Obama’s administration in the months leading up to the opening of the HealthCare.gov site Oct. 1, and the low number has worried health insurers that are counting on higher turnout.
Technology problems and design flaws have blocked many users from completing insurance applications or creating accounts to use the site, which serves consumers in the 36 states where the federal government oversees the new health-insurance exchanges.
CMS Marilyn Tavenner and HHS Kathleen Sebelius
The administration had estimated that nearly 500,000 people would enroll in October, according to internal memos cited last week by Rep. Dave Camp (R., Mich.). An estimated seven million were expected to gain private coverage by the end of March, when the open-enrollment period is set to end.
The federal health official directly responsible for the online marketplace, Marilyn Tavenner, told a congressional panel last week that the Department of Health and Human Services would release enrollment figures this week.  (read more)

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