Doom and Gloom merchants are increasingly isolated when it comes to Obamacare.

First they said the bungled website meant enrollment targets never could be met. Oops.

Next, most enrollments don't count because the premium wasn't actually paid. Oops.

Next, premiums are going to skyrocket. MIT economist Jonathan Gruber records that average premium increases for people buying on their own were 9.9% in 2009,10.8% in 2010 and 11.7% in 2011. Predictions of price increases in 2015 vary from 4% in California to 17% in Florida with an average of around 8% according to Avalere based on "silver plan" filings from nine states. Since then Connecticut is talking about premium decreases. You won't find me making confident predictions based on non-existent data, but so far the "skyrocket" in 2015 is a damp squib compared to previous years.

In fairness, AHA proponents also told porkies when they claimed lower premiums on spurious grounds. That hasn't hurt the consumer, though: a trend is developing where states that embraced Obamacare have low increases in real life while those whose (usually Republican) leaders were less constructive, such as Florida, now are paying the price. No doubt it will be the AHA's fault that people cut off their own noses to spite their faces.

I wonder what part of the sky will fall next?