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Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« on: October 07, 2013, 06:32:14 PM »
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U.S. Health Exchange’s Stumbles Continue for Second Week
   
By Alex Nussbaum, Drew Armstrong and Shannon Pettypiece - Oct 7, 2013

Consumers couldn’t access parts of the U.S. government’s online health-insurance exchange today, after a weekend of technical upgrades failed to eliminate delays in the system at the heart of the Affordable Care Act.

The federal website, meant to serve people in 36 states, was still delivering error messages to users trying to create accounts. While most of the 14 states running their own health exchanges, including California, ran better, New York’s website had problems registering some consumers.

The exchanges debuted Oct. 1 and are supposed to help millions of uninsured Americans buy subsidized coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The federal site has been hamstrung by long wait times and crashes, with President Barack Obama blaming a surge of interest that exceeded expectations. Amid the delays, the administration said it was starting to improve the system.

“The work done to increase access to healthcare.gov in light of the overwhelming demand is beginning to show results,” Joanne Peters, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, said in an e-mail. “Call center wait times are seconds, not minutes, and people have been enrolling over the phone 24/7.”

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-07/federal-health-exchange-s-stumbles-continue-as-second-week-opens.html

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2. I'm hard pressed to except ANY excuses for this cluster**** when they had years to roll this thing

out with perfection.

Back in the day, when I had to hire software vendors to implement a new system, I would have fired every *******ed one of them that worked on the project and sued their asses off for any 'services' already paid for.

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3. I agree with you. There was enough time. The heads of managers that were responsible for

crafting the sign-up system and fault testing it should be fired outright or demoted. The ACA is good, not getting it to people who need it without glitches is unacceptable.

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4. Maybe it's one of those H-1B or whatever thingees where it would have been better to hire

all American techs because of their knowledge and understanding of US culture.

It was them foreigners!

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5. The right wingers will just point to this as proof government can't run big initiatives.

Hopefully, things will work soon, but this really ain't acceptable.

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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2013, 06:37:06 PM »
obumbles 'healthcare.gov' has an Alexa ranking of 440th. That's not very good.
Porn site Tube8 is rated at 180.
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2013, 06:41:45 PM »
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5. The right wingers will just point to this as proof government can't run big initiatives.

Hopefully, things will work soon, but this really ain't acceptable.

Just imagine the single payer you want and a hospital ER can`t touch you as you code in front of them for fear the gov will deny them payments for non compliance to regulations determining who is eligible for care.
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2013, 06:42:34 PM »
Well they did farm it out to a Canadian company (CGI) who I'm sure farmed it out to some number of subcontractors who probably brought in the lowest paid people they could find to develop it.  What could go wrong?
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2013, 06:43:04 PM »
Quote from: BadCat on October 07, 2013, 06:37:06 PM
obumbles 'healthcare.gov' has an Alexa ranking of 440th. That's not very good.
Porn site Tube8 is rated at 180.

Which is ironic considering the subject matter.

One site features a bunch of millennials getting ****ed for a few dollars for the bemusement of aging baby boomers.

The other features porn.
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2013, 06:49:29 PM »
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5. The right wingers will just point to this as proof government can't run big initiatives.


Well Damn Hoyt, after all this time you finally get something right.  Why would I trust someone to run something of this magnitude, who can't even get people signed up for it?
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2013, 06:55:38 PM »
Around here, I think you mean freudenschade.
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2013, 06:57:32 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on October 07, 2013, 06:55:38 PM
Around here, I think you mean freudenschade.

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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2013, 04:06:27 AM »
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2013, 08:46:42 AM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on October 07, 2013, 06:43:04 PM
One site features a bunch of millennials getting ****ed for a few dollars for the bemusement of aging baby boomers.

The other features porn.

 :lmao:  H5
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2013, 08:59:57 AM »
What did you DUmbasses expect?  You wanted your government to run your healthcare.... ever tried to get something accomplished at your DMV? Your social security office?  THESE are the people who will be serving you now, whenever you need preauthorization for everything from major surgery to ointment for your crotch rash.  Enjoy!
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Re: Site access may be denied but the schadenfreude is here: No. 4 in a series
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2013, 09:46:57 AM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on October 07, 2013, 06:43:04 PM
Which is ironic considering the subject matter.

One site features a bunch of millennials getting ****ed for a few dollars for the bemusement of aging baby boomers.

The other features porn.

Thanks for the LOL.  :cheersmate:

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