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Propose we use this thread as a centralized spot to review the status of the Obamacare implementation and the exchanges. Doesn't need to be a partisan bloodbath to be informative, and no - reporting the faults of the rollout isn't an exercise in Obama hate or racism. Likewise reporting positive stories isn't "OMG Socialism."
First up:
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/329313-obamacare-problems-mount
The problems for the main ObamaCare enrollment portal are going from bad to worse.
ObamaCare's online marketplace is reportedly creating a mess for insurance companies by approving error-ridden applications, the latest in a series of problems that threaten to dampen enrollment under the healthcare law.
Among the small number of people who have successfully purchased coverage, many have filed out duplicate enrollments, misreported family members or left data fields empty, insurers told The Wall Street Journal.
These errors were attributed to flaws in the design of the online enrollment system, which does not easily allow users to fix their mistakes.
The defective sign-ups are the latest breakdown for healthcare.gov, the online portal that uninsured people in 36 states can use to purchase insurance coverage.
Ever since its Oct. 1 rollout, the federal site has been dogged by software problems that have prevented nearly all users from shopping for health insurance.
While bottleneck issues had begun to ease, users are still struggling to navigate the system.
The flawed data received by insurance companies underscores the daunting challenge facing federal health officials as they seek to repair a site that even supporters of the healthcare law have declared a disaster.
"So far, the Affordable Care Act's launch has been a failure. Not 'troubled.' Not 'glitchy.' A failure," Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein wrote this week.
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First up:
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/329313-obamacare-problems-mount
The problems for the main ObamaCare enrollment portal are going from bad to worse.
ObamaCare's online marketplace is reportedly creating a mess for insurance companies by approving error-ridden applications, the latest in a series of problems that threaten to dampen enrollment under the healthcare law.
Among the small number of people who have successfully purchased coverage, many have filed out duplicate enrollments, misreported family members or left data fields empty, insurers told The Wall Street Journal.
These errors were attributed to flaws in the design of the online enrollment system, which does not easily allow users to fix their mistakes.
The defective sign-ups are the latest breakdown for healthcare.gov, the online portal that uninsured people in 36 states can use to purchase insurance coverage.
Ever since its Oct. 1 rollout, the federal site has been dogged by software problems that have prevented nearly all users from shopping for health insurance.
While bottleneck issues had begun to ease, users are still struggling to navigate the system.
The flawed data received by insurance companies underscores the daunting challenge facing federal health officials as they seek to repair a site that even supporters of the healthcare law have declared a disaster.
"So far, the Affordable Care Act's launch has been a failure. Not 'troubled.' Not 'glitchy.' A failure," Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein wrote this week.
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