( CNN ) -- President Barack Obama needs to learn a simple lesson : Saying something does n't make it true . Though the President has claimed victory touting 8 million `` enrollments '' under his health care law , Americans can not and will not wipe their memories clear of the botched rollout and continual failings of Obamacare . Democrats have sustained their tactic of telling everyone the health care law is working , despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary . Perhaps if they say it enough , their reasoning goes , it will become true . Well , Obama can have his own opinions and he can even assert falsehoods as truth , but he ca n't conjure fact . A new Washington Post/ABC News poll lays the facts out bare . The President 's approval rating has slipped to 41 % -- the lowest of his presidency in Post/ABC News polls . And only 37 % approve of the President 's handling of Obamacare 's implementation . Despite the 8 million enrollees vaunted by the administration , a mere 44 % of Americans approve of the President 's signature law . This negative view of Obamacare persists even upon the assumption , parroted by many in the media , that the 8 million enrollment figure is accurate . However , the administration refuses to tell the American people any details about that number . How many of those `` enrollees '' are insured , having paid their first month 's premium ? How many were previously uninsured ? How many were forced off their former coverage that they liked ? What will the quality of coverage be for those who actually receive coverage ? These questions have been met with deaf ears and defensive posturing . `` The debate over the repeal of the law is over , '' the President said . `` This law is doing what it 's supposed to do -- it 's working . '' The President has confused reported high enrollment numbers with success , disregarding that while millions may be signed up under threat of penalty , Americans are not sold on the failed law . To provide Americans answers to the unanswered questions , the House passed in January the Exchange Information Disclosure Act , which would require transparency from the administration regarding the Obamacare insurance exchange . Yet U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has blocked the bill in the Senate , unwilling to give the American people access to information they have a right to know . In an attempt to get the data directly from the source , the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters in March to every insurance provider participating in the federal exchange requesting enrollment data , including the number of individuals who have paid their first month 's premium or were previously uninsured . The results finally came in . As of April 15 , only 67 % of individuals and families that selected a plan had paid their first month 's premium , data provided to the committee by every provider in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace shows . Insurers informed the committee that , by the same date , only 2.45 million had paid their first month 's premium for coverage obtained through the FFM . The purpose of Obamacare , if the President remembers , was to insure , not merely to sign up , and it seems the President 's enrollment numbers far surpass the number of insured . Of those who have enrolled and paid their premiums , some surely liked their health insurance , were renewing their health insurance and were booted off their health insurance because of Obamacare regulations . This law is not a success . Even before the Energy and Commerce Committee released their findings , Americans still viewed Obamacare unfavorably . In Tuesday 's Post/ABC News poll , 47 % of Americans reported that the ACA has raised their health care costs and 60 % blame Obamacare for increasing costs nationally . Americans -- faced with Obamacare 's burdens and disappointed with the president 's handling of the economy , foreign policy , and more -- want a Republican-controlled Congress to act as a check on the president 's policies by 53 to 39 % . The debate is far from over , Mr. President . Instead of taking responsibility for the failed health care law , Obama prefers to call major problems `` glitches '' and forced re-enrollment of millions who were previously insured `` success . '' He has claimed victory with a number that includes millions who remain uninsured . The first step toward fixing a problem is admitting the problem exists . Instead of taking responsibility for the disaster they 've created and the unnecessary hardships they 've imposed on the American people , Obama and the Democrats are trying to rewrite the facts . Unfortunately for them , facts do n't work that way . Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion .
Rep. Kevin McCarthy : Selling of insurance omits the reality that not everyone is paid . Eight million ` ` ' '' does n't equal 8 million paid customers , he said . House Insurance Committee : Only 67 % of enrollees had paid first month 's premium .