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The number of Americans who selected health insurance through the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov, quadrupled in November over the paltry statistics in October, according to new figures released Wednesday morning. The rise from 26,794 enrollees through Nov. 2 to 137,204 through November came before the government said the site had been repaired on Nov. 30. Ref. USAToday

Healthcare and Obama

Politifact Lie of the Year: Obama's "If You Like Your Health Plan You Can Keep It"

When Congress debated the Obamacare health care law, pro-life advocates were often the one early voice exposing how the law would cause rationing of life-saving care. Obamacare supporters have mocked the claim and the media went after Sarah Palin saying Americans should be concerned about "death panels."

With Obamacare not yet going into full effect, Americans are already losing their insurance plans. Ref. Source 6

Obama & Healthcare Health & Special Psychology

Breast Cancer Survivor Goes Without Insurance Thanks to Obamacare Snafus

Not only have Obamacare caused millions of Americans to lose their health insurance, it is depriving people of insurance who need to sign up for insurance plans under the Obamacare exchanges but can't because of the massive problems with the system.

Breast cancer survivor Lynn Beckler is one such victim of that problem - and she is now going on 60 days of no insurance thanks to the Obamacare web site not being able to process her request properly. Ref. Source 1

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Obamacare is Rationing Care by Cutting Hospitals From Insurance Networks

This week two major national polls show that a wide majority of Americans are facing declining health insurance coverage and that they blame Obamacare. Ref. Source 2

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The Obama administration is offering help to people who, because of technical problems, miss a December 24 deadline to finish signing up for Obamacare.

A posting on HealthCare.gov says: "Tell our customer service representative that you've been trying to enroll and explain why you couldn't finish by the deadline. They can tell you what you can do to finish your enrollment and still get covered for 2014."

The agency responsible for overseeing HealthCare.gov earlier issued a statement saying that people who don't start the signup process by December 24 will have to wait until February for insurance coverage. Ref. CNN

Obama & Healthcare

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has blocked implementation of portions of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth control. Sotomayor acted on a request from an order of Catholic nuns in Colorado, whose request for a stay had been denied by the lower courts. Ref. USAToday

Obama & Healthcare - Page 16

The Obama administration will drop CGI Federal as the lead contractor for the troubled HealthCare.gov website, government officials said Friday. The company has been linked to many of the problems surrounding the Oct. 1 launch of the federal health care exchange, which President Obama has called "Screwed up." Ref. CNN

Obama & Healthcare Psychology Special & Health - Page 16

The Obama administration said Monday that 9 million Americans have health insurance they did not have before the passage of the Affordable Care Act. More than 2 million obtained private health insurance through federal and state exchanges between Oct. 1 and Dec. 28, another 1.6 million have Medicaid through the exchanges, while the rest have coverage through changes brought about the law. That includes allowing young Americans up to 26 to stay on their parents' health policies. Ref. USAToday