The "train wreck" known as Obama Care faces another hurdle, or Latinos are staying away. The LA Times reports that enrollment is down:
"Supporters of the healthcare law say those broader service issues are hampering enrollment among Latinos, who are expected to be among the biggest beneficiaries of President Obama's signature law.My guess is that there are two factors behind these disappointing enrollments.
An estimated 1.2 million, or 46%, of the 2.6 million Californians eligible for federal premium subsidies are Latino.
But Covered California said only 20% of enrollees through the end of December described themselves as Latino on their application.
"Latino enrollment is still falling short given how big a share of the uninsured they are in California," said Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation."
First, it is expensive, especially to many Latinos who did not have insurance in the first place; and
Second, Latinos are running into the same technical problems that everyone is running into!
ObamaCare desperately needs Latinos to pay the premiums. This is because Latinos are younger and more likely to be uninsured. But so far, Latinos are saying "Yo no quiero ObamaCare!" (I do not want Obamacare).
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