Ezra Klein throttled for calling O-care cancellation stories ‘mostly hype’
http://twitter.com/#!/ScottLofquist/status/459434498665771008
Earlier this afternoon, Ezra Klein retweeted this from his Vox colleague Sarah Kliff:
http://twitter.com/#!/ezraklein/status/459400348533538817
http://twitter.com/#!/riteormite/status/459436682052243456
Guess he changed his mind, because shortly thereafter, Klein shared this piece (also written by Kliff):
http://twitter.com/#!/ezraklein/status/459431271928954881
“Mostly hype.”
http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/459434709605285888
Or Harry Reid’s, perhaps. Reid, if you’ll recall, accused Obamacare victims — first all of them, then just a “vast majority” of them — of being liars. Looks like Ezra’s doing his best to take up Harry’s mantle.
http://twitter.com/#!/DMIIICEO/status/459435322548305920
Yeah, what about them? Well, according to Kliff:
Obamacare might have caused insurance companies to cancel some plans and, in some cases, replace existing plans with more expansive coverage. But it doesn’t seem, at least based on the evidence so far, that the cancellations were any higher than a typical year of churn in the individual marketplace.
In other words, all those cancellation notices were just a product of “churn.”
Hey Ezra, care to Voxsplain this one to all the Americans who watched Obamacare kill their current coverage and/or jack up their premiums?
http://twitter.com/#!/Chug_A_Lugg/status/459432091521155072
http://twitter.com/#!/FedUpJoe2/status/459435196589150208
http://twitter.com/#!/TheRightWingM/status/459435356337631232
http://twitter.com/#!/Gr8LakesCzarina/status/459437913919348736
http://twitter.com/#!/mdrache/status/459438974713344000
http://twitter.com/#!/Poinzipooh/status/459436497251217408
http://twitter.com/#!/CplSoletrain/status/459436460773359617
Don’t fit the pro-Obamacare narrative? You’re just part of the “hype.”
http://twitter.com/#!/sav01/status/459436854253600768
Useful American person: Just lost my insurance.
Vox: No you didn't.
Useful American person: Oh, I guess you must be right.— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) April 24, 2014
Klein’s not a doctor, but his bedside manner still stinks.
http://twitter.com/#!/physicsgeek/status/459435189391749120
Not anymore. He’s gotten used to it.
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