Morning Must-Read: Josh Marshall: We Need to Know the Mix of ObamaCare Enrollees…

Josh Marshall: Where Does Obamacare Stand?:

One key thing any health care policy economist will tell you is that the pure numbers are less important than the demographic blend of the pool. Basically, what’s the mix of young and old people, healthy and sick. If that’s significantly out of whack you’ll have problems. All told, though, if you step away from the political pyrotechnics where every missed target is a catastrophe for Obamacare and the end of the Obamacare presidency, the current numbers look like a decent recovery from a very poor start. And there’s good reason to think that the program as a whole is moving along toward the benign and effective transformation of national health care markets it was intended to effect…”

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• Josh Marshall: Meet the 5 Million