@ezraklein I want your job. Lying is so damn easy.
— Scott Lofquist ن (@ScottLofquist) April 24, 2014
Earlier this afternoon, Ezra Klein retweeted this from his Vox colleague Sarah Kliff:
A new wave of Obamacare cancellations may be coming… http://t.co/8HfHV02YXb
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) April 24, 2014
@exjon @ezraklein What? pic.twitter.com/QIQnyXgncV
— Besjan (@riteormite) April 24, 2014
Guess he changed his mind, because shortly thereafter, Klein shared this piece (also written by Kliff):
Obamacare cancellation stories were mostly hype: http://t.co/VC5wqkv7BL
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 24, 2014
“Mostly hype.”
Angling for Jay Carney's job, I see… RT @ezraklein: Obamacare cancellation stories were mostly hype
— Matthew (@Matthops82) April 24, 2014
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?
@ezraklein my wife and kid's cancellation wasn't hype pic.twitter.com/XN7y1uVWr5
— Kevin (@Chug_A_Lugg) April 24, 2014
.@redsteeze My mother is already "disapproved" for routine tests. #byeGranny @ezraklein
— @ProgsToday Cracka (@FedUpJoe2) April 24, 2014
Would u like copy of my cancellation, increased premium & 10hr call to Humana RT @ezraklein: Obamacare cancellation stories were mostly hype
— The Right Wing M (@TheRightWingM) April 24, 2014
I guess #ObamaCare's cancellation of my family's catastrophic plan/HSA doesn't count either, @exjon. Why do you hate the other, @ezraklein?
— Mary Magdalen (@Gr8LakesCzarina) April 24, 2014
Happy to send our cancellation letter & the 300% increase. RT @ezraklein ACA cancellation stories were mostly hype: http://t.co/JqGJFM9iCo
— Matt (@mdrache) April 24, 2014
@exjon @ezraklein Gosh my policy sure FELT cancelled.
— Poinzy (@FreedomBruce) April 24, 2014
@exjon @ezraklein That'll be a great comfort to the 17 people I personally know who lost their insurances and the 4 who lost jobs. #douche
— Task Force Freedom (@CplSoletrain) April 24, 2014
Don’t fit the pro-Obamacare narrative? You’re just part of the “hype.”
@exjon None of us did. All in our imagination. @ezraklein
— Sheryl (@sav01) April 24, 2014
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.
Does it hurt to be that much of a lying hack? RT @ezraklein Obamacare cancellation stories were mostly hype
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) April 24, 2014
Not anymore. He’s gotten used to it.
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