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Surprise! Obamacare health insurance exchange websites don’t work; HealthCare.gov a total mess

Posted at 6:45 am on October 1, 2013 by Twitchy Staff

No need to shut it down. The Obamacare health insurance exchange websites don’t work.

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Don't forget folks, Obamacare is enforced by THE I-R-S!

Obamacare site goes live, with some glitches

By Sandhya Somashekhar and Lena Sun, Tuesday, October 1, 9:20 AM

The Web-based marketplaces that form the centerpiece of the president’s health-care law opened for business across the nation Tuesday morning, but many applicants ran into technical glitches that prevented them from signing up for health coverage.

People who were trying to sign up on Healthcare. gov, the federal government’s main portal in 34 states, were getting different error messages, including one warning the “system is down” and another saying that too many people are flooding the site.

Maryland, which is running its own marketplace, also had technical problems Monday morning, prompting the state to shut down that Web site. It will be open at noon, a message on the home page of the Maryland Health Connection says — four hours late.

Obama administration officials said they are aware of the problems and are working on them.

“We have built a dynamic system and are prepared to make adjustments as needed and improve the consumer experience,” Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters said in statement Tuesday. “Consumers who need help can also contact the call center, use the live chat function, or go to localhelp.healthcare.gov to find an in-person assistor in their community.”

The challenges are not a surprise. There has been a flood of reports in recent days that the sites would likely be hit by glitches on the first day that millions of uninsured Americans are to be able to get government aid to afford coverage and to sign up for health plans. Those plans include new consumer protections, such as a ban on insurance companies’ practice of rejecting people with preexisting conditions.

The overload on the federal site also may hint at some good news for the administration: that a number of people are eager to sign up for coverage, even though the law doesn’t kick in until Jan. 1 and they have six months to enroll before running afoul of the rule that virtually all Americans carry insurance or face a fine.
But problems could turn people off from signing up, and are likely to fuel more Republican attacks on President Obama’s signature health care legislation.

On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pleaded for patience during a briefing with reporters, acknowledging there would probably be some site issues in the coming days and weeks as the administration moves forward on the sweeping program known as Obamacare. She likened the inevitable fixes to software updates on Apple products such as the iPhone or iPad.

“No one is calling on Apple to not sell devices for a year or to get out of the business because the whole thing is a failure,” she said. “Everyone just assumes there’s a problem, they’ll fix it, let’s move on. . . . Hopefully, they’ll give us the same slack as they give Apple.”

Under Obamacare, some new applicants will qualify for Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor, which was expanded. Others will get government subsidies to help pay for premiums for private insurance.
For weeks, insurance companies, consultants and others have been warning of flaws in the computer systems running at both the state and federal levels. Sixteen states and the District chose to build their own Web site marketplaces, while 34 states left all or part of the task to the federal government.

Those warnings have become fodder for Republican critics of the law, who say the problems underscore why they oppose it. “Everybody here, among Republicans at least, agrees that this is a bad law that needs to be delayed, and the American people agree with that,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said Monday in a television interview on “Fox & Friends.”

Despite reports of problems and delays of key functions as recently as Friday, administration officials on Monday said the federal marketplace was ready, including many of its touted features, such as the ability to see which doctors are participating in which plans and to figure out instantly whether a person qualifies for a government subsidy.

People’s experiences are likely to vary from place to place, however. Officials in the District, which calls its plan D.C. Health Link, have said it could be a month before residents will be able to know the amount of the subsidy they might receive. But shoppers will be able to see each plan’s network doctors before choosing a plan.

Residents of Virginia, which opted not to build its own marketplace, will be able to sign up for coverage on the federal site.

Maryland, which was among the earliest states to embrace the health law, also gave a demonstration for reporters Monday to show how people will be able to shop and enroll in a plan on the Maryland Health Connection. Maryland residents will have a more powerful search tool than the one on Healthcare.gov, allowing them to enter the name of a doctor and see a list of plans in which that physician participates.
“Nobody has that, and it’s a really, really cool thing to be able to do,” said Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland’s health secretary.

But on Monday, Maryland was still trying to work out some possible tech issues before making the site live. One expected problem: The exchange won’t be collecting payments immediately from people who want to enroll in private insurance plans, Sharfstein said. Those people will receive an e-mail in a few weeks notifying them when the exchange will be able to take their payment.

Also, there was concern that some people seeking to enroll online immediately may not be able to because the technology that determines their eligibility is not working consistently for certain categories of applicants.; For example, people up to age 26 who were formerly in foster care are eligible to enroll in the expanded Medicaid program and will be able to do so online. But 19-year-olds in this category won’t be able to do so right away because of a glitch.

Very large and complex families also won’t be able to receive immediate online eligibility determinations, nor will nonparent caretakers, Sharfstein said.

“Our feeling is that the majority will be able to go all the way through” the enrollment process for Medicaid and for private insurance, he said.

Currently those applications require reams of paperwork, and many weeks to process. “We’re taking a quantum leap forward with the ease in applying for health insurance,” Sharfstein said.

Residents will be able to browse 45 plans from six different carriers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...35e_print.html

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Epic fail: MSNBC tries to use Obamacare site on-air, gives up after site crashes, exchanges not working across country

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Joe Newby

The government may be shut down, but Obamacare rolls on.

On Tuesday, MSNBC tried to sign up on-air, but gave up after the site repeatedly crashed. It seems — not surprisingly — that Obamacare isn’t quite ready for prime time. Of course, we all knew it wouldn’t be…

Here’s video of the failed attempt:



That’s not the only example…

Kentucky’s exchange posted this:

Commonwealth of Kentucky citizens have shown tremendous response to KYNECT since we established our marketplace. The KYNECT Website is currently experiencing log in issues and our technical team is working to resolve the problem. While we work on resolving the problem please browse the KYNECT website to view Medicaid offerings, Health Insurance Plans, and other useful information. Thank you for your patience and continued support.

Colorado’s site displayed this:

And Connecticut’s displayed this:
New York:
And the Obamacare site displayed this gobbledegook:
Meanwhile, CNN said two-thirds of the exchanges are experiencing problems:



Naturally, Dingy Harry and the Democrats — who, by the way, are fomenting violence against conservatives and refusing to speak with Republicans — maintain that Americans will love Obamacare once it’s up and running…

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Impressed yet??? What part of DEFUND this pig doesn't anyone get. Is it Constitutional??? Ask Roberts!!!!!. This is not what was passed to begin with, they totally changed the pig, some people did read it!!!!!!

Here’s A Little Foretaste of Your Future with ObamaCare: Good Luck!

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