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New Obamacare Headache: Is Your Enrollment Real?
ABC News ^ | December 2, 2013 | Mary Bruce and Devin Dwyer

Posted on 12/02/2013 9:37:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Bob Shlora of Alpharetta, Ga., was supposed to be a belated Obamacare success story. After weeks of trying, the 61-year-old told ABC News he fully enrolled in a new health insurance plan through the federal marketplace over the weekend, and received a Humana policy ID number to prove it.

But two days later, his insurer has no record of the transaction, Shlora said, even though his account on the government website indicates that he has a plan.

“I feel like this: My application was taken … by a bureaucrat, it was put on a conveyor belt and it’s still going around, and it’s never going to leave the building,” he said. “I’ve lost hope. If it happens, great.”

Obama administration officials acknowledged today that some of the roughly 126,000 Americans who completed the torturous online enrollment process in October and November might not be officially signed up with their selected issuer, even if the website has told them they are....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: insurance; obama; obamacare
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1 posted on 12/02/2013 9:37:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A Nigerian prince will contact you by e-mail with your
confirmation and an address to send your payments to.
2 posted on 12/02/2013 9:40:50 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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No wonder it’s running smoother. It’s skipping the important parts...


3 posted on 12/02/2013 9:43:30 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: TigersEye

Nigerian, Kenyan, whatever....


4 posted on 12/02/2013 9:43:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: ltc8k6

Yeah, a cargo ship would travel much faster with no cargo...


5 posted on 12/02/2013 9:44:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does the insurance company bill you or just debit your account?


6 posted on 12/02/2013 9:46:45 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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But two days later, his insurer has no record of the transaction, Shlora said, even though his account on the government website indicates that he has a plan.

As expected, they fixed the front end that everyone can see, but the back end which must communicate with other systems is still not working, or even written yet.

7 posted on 12/02/2013 9:46:58 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One sets you up the other takes you down. It’s the knockout game African style.


8 posted on 12/02/2013 9:47:16 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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That's the problem. They haven't built the part of the site
that contacts the insurance companies yet. Jeenyus innit?
9 posted on 12/02/2013 9:49:27 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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40% of this thing is not ready...the payment and referral systems. 40%!

Meanwhile Obama & Carney are lying and will continue to lie, pretending it's all done.

It's the socialist way.

10 posted on 12/02/2013 9:49:51 PM PST by what's up
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OK, this Obama lover has just been mugged. Now, does he have enough brain cells to realize he has been mugged and change his allegiance? Probably not or he wouldn’t be an Obama lover to begin with.


11 posted on 12/02/2013 9:54:08 PM PST by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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I have never looked at the site...never will. I do not want to get a headache, or have my computer infected by some Obumbo virus. Anyway, I am immune to Obamacare.


12 posted on 12/02/2013 9:55:22 PM PST by AlexW
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Knit-picking.

The important thing is they are now ‘covered’ and the insurance companies can no longer take that away.

Thanks to Obamacare.


13 posted on 12/02/2013 10:02:16 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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Deemed covered?


14 posted on 12/02/2013 10:03:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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People....don't be hypnotized by the web-site performance. The community organizer from Chicago is using that as a prop. Just like a magician uses a beautiful woman to distract your attention.

The real culprit is that Obamacare does nothing, ZERO, nada to reduce cost. Actually it increases every one's out of pocket expenses with policies that cover totally unnecessary stuff. I got a huge sticker shock when I explored their web-site yesterday.

Let the web-site operate smoothly soon. Only then every one will realize they are screwed. My employer raised our health insurance by 20% for 2014 over 2013 rates. But my out of pocket expenses stayed the same. So there is a big dent in my discretionary spending.

15 posted on 12/02/2013 10:05:06 PM PST by entropy12 (Zero thanks to all who stayed home and helped elect Acorn lawyer Zero.)
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Thank goodness this doesn’t effect me in any way, but I hope it doesn’t goof up my wife’s plan.


16 posted on 12/02/2013 10:07:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This administration is fond of fantasies whether it be dealing with Iran or “reforming” heath care. Serious people however confront reality and do not tolerate delusions,


17 posted on 12/02/2013 10:12:39 PM PST by allendale
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To: Mike Darancette

Does the insurance company bill you or just debit your account?


They haven’t gotten to that part, yet.


18 posted on 12/02/2013 10:14:56 PM PST by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: sickoflibs
Knit-picking.

Argyle? Cable stitch?

19 posted on 12/02/2013 10:17:11 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mission accomplished!


20 posted on 12/02/2013 10:18:05 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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