Obama health target: 500,000 signups by Oct. 31 [see it "slipping out of reach"]

Houston Chronicle ^ | Oct 17, 2013 | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

[Cincinatus' Wife]

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign up for the new health insurance markets, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. But that was before the markets opened to a cascade of computer problems.

If the glitches persist and frustrated consumers give up trying, that initial goal, described as modest in the memo, could slip out of reach.

The Sept. 5 memo, for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, lists monthly enrollment targets for each state and Washington, D.C., through March 31, the last day of the initial open enrollment period under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

The new online insurance markets, called exchanges in some states, are supposed to be the portals to coverage for most of the nation's nearly 50 million uninsured people. Middle-class people without job-based coverage can shop for subsidized private plans, while low-income people are steered to an expanded version of Medicaid in states that have agreed to expand that safety net program.

[Grampa Dave]

Only “hundreds” have been able to sign up for a health care plan at the Obamacare websites. The Wall Street Journal reported:

Okay now we will try the landline # 1-800-318-2596 listed above or 1-800-318-2596 = 1-800-FAU-CKYO.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, this is excellent. Those with at least 4th grade math skills, it is simple and easy to understand.

[RedMDer]

Liberals suddenly realize
Obamacare stinks.
Let's finish this Thon quickly
so Jim can fully recover without
hosting the fundraiser for two months :)
Thank you!! Hat tip Grampa Dave

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perfect!

[Domangart]

Think it out. The first year is a guess. It looks like a dental plan with coverage above an amount each year, The intent of the plan is to cover the last three years of life where all the bills are. What is happening is all of the people who have existing conditions are signing up . The others desire to sit this one out They need seven million to sign up This will provide them with 15B with another 18B from other areas. Failure to meet these goals will require more money.

[The Sons of Liberty]

the people who have existing conditions are signing up

I despise 0bama and I think 0bamacare is pure socialism, but the ONE good thing about 0bamacare is that it requires Health Insurers to take people with existing conditions. In the past, you could pay for medical insurance for 50 years, but as soon as you used it, you had an "existing condition" and when renewal came, (if they haven't already canceled it) you couldn't get Health Insurance at any price. I know from firsthand experience. Now for 2014 you can sign up for Health Insurance through the normal channels, even if you have an existing condition. Initially, I was under the impression that everyone had to go through 0bama's exchange, but now that I know otherwise, I'm not sure why you would, unless it provides health insurance at a much cheaper rate.

[upchuck]

From the article:

The memo projected enrollment would reach 3.3 million nationally by Dec. 31.

Let's see. Today is Oct 17th, so there's 14 days left in October. Plus 30 days in November and 31 days in December. So there's 75 days left before Dec 31st.

3,300,000 divided by 75 is (OMG!) 44,000 people per day signing up.

Methinks Katherine is gonna be disappointed.

IDIOTS!