WELL, IT IS APRIL FOOL'S DAY – AT 8:41 A.M. ET:  And I suspect we're being made fools of by the sudden "good news" about Obamacare.  From Fox: 

On the last day to sign up for ObamaCare, the program reportedly was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for insurance coverage, though the number of enrollees who have paid for their insurance premiums is still unclear.

Very unclear.  Also unclear is the number of people who signed up only because their current coverage has been canceled.  And also unclear is the number of "uninsured" who have signed up.  Covering them was the original purpose of Obamacare, but we don't hear much about it anymore.

Government officials confirmed the 7 million target to The Associated Press late Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of an official announcement.

Seven million was the original target set by the Congressional Budget Office for enrollment in taxpayer-subsidized private health insurance through new online markets created under President Obama's signature legislation.

That was scaled back to 6 million after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov last fall. Several state-run websites also had crippling problems. Time will tell how many of the 7 million or so pay their premiums.

On Monday afternoon, a technical glitch was temporarily preventing people from filing new applications. A tech team, though, was brought in to resolve the issue. Earlier Monday, a series of error messages also came up as the large volume of users stressed the system.

According to HHS, more than 100,000 people were using the system at once as of noon. The increased traffic is good news for the administration, but the recurring website problems are not.

COMMENT:  The devil, as always, will be in the details, and we aren't being given any details.  How many "enrollees" will have to change doctors?  How many will lose coverage at the hospital of their choice? 

And how will the quality of care be affected by the new rules?

Don't expect much talk about quality from a leftist administration obsessed with the equality of mediocrity.

April 1,  2014