Obama Admin Admits it Inflated Obamacare Numbers by 1.3 Million

President Barack Obama’s much-touted 8 million Obamacare enrollment number was inflated by 1.3 million, the Obama administration now admits.

“The mistake we made is unacceptable,” tweeted Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell. “I will be communicating that clearly throughout the department.”

Burwell, now under fire for the inflated figures, says the Obama administration counted nearly 400,000 dental plan subscribers as health insurance customers to boost the figures. In September, HHS admitted Obama’s oft-cited eight million enrollment figure was inflated by 700,000 and was really 7.3 million.

Burwell conceded Americans may remain “skeptical” about the Obama administration’s numbers but said she hopes “our clarity that this is a mistake and the fact that we have quickly corrected the numbers should give people confidence.”

Admission of the 1.3 million Obamacare “mistake” comes on the heels of newly uncovered videos of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber admitting the Obama administration actively misled voters about the president’s healthcare overhaul.

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” said Gruber. “Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really critical to getting the thing to pass.”

According to Gallup, Obamacare is now at an all-time low approval rating of just 37%.