there is no way in the world that everything will be working on Nov 30
when that statement was made (Oct 25 approx), if they have all the changes ready to go, the time to nov 30 would not have been long enough to test such a complicated system
Mr Zeinst is getting a crash course in what happens when you put big IT projects into production w/o proper testing (in this case almost no testing)
once they get the website working better, they will get enough volume to expose the problems with the data hub, connections to insurance companies… etc
we are watching one of the most spectacular big IT project fails of all time…
I’m wondering if the people in charge of “fixing” it, really don’t want it to be fixed. Maybe the fixers see the handwriting on the wall for their own personal health insurance.
If they report to the public that the website has been fixed and all is well by NOV 30th then they just told the BIGGEST LIE of all.
Fixing this type of complexe interactive coding WITHOUT lengthy test periods ( 3 to 6 months ) for BOTH performance and SECURITY is just impossible. They made this statement at the time to simply keep the idea of Obozocare moving forward and alive. They made the statement without thinking in order to simply BUY SOME TIME.
Fixing this comprehensive level of online code designed for data gathering and complex secure interaction would be akin to my promising you that I could pull the engine out of your car and REBUILD it in 10 minutes and have it mounted back in, and that it ran and performed perfectly. A real pipe dream.
I would suggest....if you removed roughly half of the requirements, and just said....refer everyone to the insurance policies in their respective states, and have a form to identify yourself for the subsidy and how much it will be, then wrap that up and call it version one, and say it’s operational.
My guess is that we will go past 30 November, and around 10 December....they will note it’s operational. Course, it will freeze once you get beyond 10,000 people on it (my humble guess). So from that point until Christmas...the news media will try to spin the idea of success finally....but thousands will say it just doesn’t work.
Around early January, someone will finally tell the President (via CNN naturally), that they barely reached fifty percent of their intended goal. As of January 2014, we will have twice as many people now without healthcare....as we did when the whole mess started four years ago.
You can spin this as much as you want, but when you tell a guy that his monthly rate went from $550 to $850, and his deductible went from $3500 to $6000....things just don’t get comfy or acceptable. Most folks don’t have another $5000 in their pocket to spend wildly...even on health insurance. Even with this stupid subsidy....it all looks good until you get to the deductible business. Folks don’t have loose cash.
Bottom line? There would be a life lesson here for kids, political figures, or Presidents. When the government (any government) goes out to do something of a colossal nature...it’s better than a seventy-five percent chance that it will be screwed up in the details, the planning, the delivery, and the final solution. If you think small, compact, and limited...then it tends to work. Sadly, this lesson has been around for 2,000 years.