At his CNN-broadcasted town hall Monday night, House Speaker Paul Ryan did it again. He lied. Again. "The status quo is not an option. Obamacare is not working," he said. "We've got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left." If by "dozens" he means the number of people who live in a county without an Obamacare insurer, he might be correct. There are dozens—334 enrollees to be exact—living in Paulding County, Ohio—the only county in America as of today without an insurer on its exchange for 2018.
On Monday, Larry Levitt from Kaiser Family Foundations tweeted out this time-lapse map, showing the number of counties without an insurer on the exchanges shrink. Yesterday it was down to two and today, just one.
Paulding County, the last, lone county without an Obamacare plan in the United States voted for Trump 72-23. Trump voters are the only ones that matter to Paul Ryan, so I guess Paulding County counts a few extra dozens of times in his head. Or he's just a massive liar.