This won't be surprising news to you, dear Twitchy readers, but when you mandate people buy a certain product, the number of people owning that product goes up.

Wild, we know.

But this is apparently news to Joe Biden and the Left, who think that a record number of Americans have health insurance because of something they did. Instead of, ya know, Obama making it illegal to not have health insurance.

Curious about the Americans who lost insurance plans they liked. Wonder if Biden thinks about them at all.

Fun fact: this writer got laid off from her first nursing job because Medicare reimbursement rates were so bad her facility couldn't remain open.

Government bureaucrats have a very different definition of 'affordable' than normal Americans.

Paid for by us taxpayers, of course.

That's the key here.

If government mandated every American buy and own a Widget, a record number of Americans would own a Widget.

Every single time.

Now, now. Health care was never the goal.

Isn't it grand?

No, it's not.

And most Americans follow the law. Funny how that works.

Don't forget that.

And while they forced Americans to buy it, premiums and costs have skyrocketed.

Good job, Grandpa Joe.