A little-noticed released statement from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday: “As insurers have made clear – they aren’t dropping consumers; they’re improving their coverage options.”

The insurers aren’t “dropping customers” in the way that the Obamacare insurance-exchange web site has “never crashed,” I suppose. Of course, even if the post-cancellation options are better – an unproven assertion to many wary customers, or they deem the price too high — there are a significant number of folks who just wanted the status quo in their plans. That’s why “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” was so important. A significant chunk of the public just wanted to keep their plan the way it was.

Of course, Sebelius’s comment that the insurance companies are just trying to help people with improved options contradicts House Democrats’ spin that the cancellation notices represent the insurance companies being dishonest and sneaky:

“If your insurance is being canceled, it’s not because of the Affordable Care Act,” [Rep. Frank] Pallone [D., N.J.] said. “The insurance company is not telling the truth!”