ObamaCare: How sick are the enrollees?

Seven million people may have or may not have signed up for ObamaCare. But what is their health status and how will it figure into to future costs?

From the Los Angeles Times:

After months of head counts for Obamacare, it is the medical bills that will start to matter now.

Even before enrollment closes Monday, California has far exceeded its initial goals for signing up people under the Affordable Care Act. Although the sheer volume of 1.1 million policyholders is impressive for a brand new government program, the number of sicker patients is what's likely to draw the most attention.

Imagine if the government was selling automobile insurance and only bad drivers signed up for it. Would that force costs to be higher? Of course it would.

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