ACA rollout at a standstill

Racine Journal Times (WI) ^ | October 17, 2013 | by ALISON BAUTER

[Oldeconomybuyer]

RACINE COUNTY, WI — National numbers on the federally run insurance marketplace aren’t out until mid-November, but locally the question “How many have enrolled online?” is easy to answer — none.

At least, that’s how many the county knows of.

Racine County officials said continued technical issues with the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare.gov site are to blame.

Meanwhile, organizations seeking federal certification to assist with enrollment are seeing progress, albeit slowly.

Halfway through the marketplace’s first month, “It’s just been kind of anti-climactic,” said Hope Otto, who heads in-person enrollment for the Racine County Health and Human Services Department.

[showme_the_Glory]

I have gotten zip - nada - from the government.

I'm sure the "people" he really wanted on the system heard about it. I don't think he likes you.

[cableguymn]

it’s never suppose to work. it’s to fail so they can put single payer in place.

[lurk]

This is a make-work program for ACORN apparatchiks. They are the data collectors and navigators in the back room.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Yes. According to the dims these folks are incapable of getting an ID to vote. How are they ever going to supply the paperwork for Obamcare? What if they don’t have a bank account?"

I've been making that same point for weeks, to anyone who will listen: if the simple requirements of voter ID laws are such a burden, why do the defenders of the highly-complex Obamacare rules not think that compliance with THAT law is a burden? It is costing hundreds of millions of dollars to rollout and explain Obamacare, and it's still a shambles.

[MUDDOG]

I like the job the healthcare.gov contractors did.

Why stop there? Let them design a new EBT computer system.