As the enrollment period for ObamaCare sputters to a close, it turns out that in many key 2014 battleground states, more people received health care cancellation notices than have actually signed up under ObamaCare (and it wasn't really close).
Have a closer look:
North Carolina
160,161 North Carolinians had selected an ObamaCare plan as of 2/1/14. According to the NC department of insurance, 473,724 residents received insurance cancellation letters thanks to ObamaCare.
Colorado
68,454 Coloradans had selected an ObamaCare plan as of 2/1/14. According to the Colorado Division Of insurance, 335,484 residents received insurance cancellation letters thanks to ObamaCare.
Michigan
112,013 Michiganders had selected an ObamaCare plan as of 2/1/14. According to the Associated Press, 225,000 residents received insurance cancellation letters thanks to ObamaCare.
Oregon
33,808 Oregonians had selected an ObamaCare plan as of 2/1/14. According to the Associated Press, 145,000 residents received insurance cancellation letters thanks to ObamaCare.
Louisiana
32,864 Louisianans had selected an ObamaCare plan as of 2/1/14. According to the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, more than 92,739 residents received insurance cancellation letters thanks to ObamaCare.
New Hampshire
16,863 Granite Staters had selected an ObamaCare plan as of 2/1/14. According to reports, more than 22,000 residents received insurance cancellation letters thanks to ObamaCare.
I'm no mathematician, but it sure appears that in these pivotal states, 371,780 men and women signed up for ObamaCare while a whopping 1,293,947 people received notices that their health care plans were being canceled thanks to the law.
It begs the question, how many of the people who signed up for ObamaCare did so because their plans were canceled? In other words, how many of the 424,163 actually got coverage for the first time?