To: i-node who wrote (745219 ) 10/9/2013 5:49:23 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to ....It appears that a major reason why the federal exchange has borne the brunt of the problems is that the website asks you to set up an account, inclusive of your Social Security number, before shopping for prices on the exchange. This is in sharp contrast to the site sponsored by eHealthInsurance.com, that allows anonymous users to look at plans and prices. Verifying these accounts has bogged down the login process. Less than 1% of applicants contain sufficient information Even if you managed to create an account on healthcare.gov—a painstaking and time-consuming task to say the least—you’re not assured of actually being able to buy the plan you like. One insurer told Dan Mangan of CNBC that “about half” of the applications they’ve received are “corrupted” due to “incomplete data.” Infogix, “‘1 in 100’ enrollment applicants being sent from the federal marketplace have provided sufficient, verified, information.” Continued Nijhawan, “It is extraordinary that these systems weren’t ready…it could be a public relations nightmare.” Added Dan Mendelson of Avalere Health, “This is not a traffic issue . Right now, the systems aren’t working.”If delays continue, what happens to the individual mandate? How do we force people to buy a product that Obamacare’s exchanges aren’t competent to sell? Obamacare’s permanence is not a foregone conclusion But as more and more people have negative experiences under Obamacare —whether it’s long wait times on the web site, or drastically higher insurance rates at home —it’s far from clear that Republicans won’t eventually have the opportunity to make major changes to the law. forbes.com
