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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (235193)	10/19/2013 10:25:03 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543313

It's Canada's second attempt this month to destroy us. CGI Group Inc, the Canadian contractor that built HealthCare.gov, is "declining to comment at this time," reuters.com

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (235193)	10/19/2013 1:11:37 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543313

I agree it was poorly designed, and should have allowed people to LOOK at the insurance options in their state without their identities being verified. That's probably all people want to do, at this time. Identity and fact verification should have occurred when the people went to buy insurance. The testing and especially load testing ( I read they can only handle 50k apps at one time! By DESIGN! ) and the requirements were ridiculous, and should have someone's head rolling. To verify my identity, the website has to connect with God knows what kind of systems at the SS admin and IRS, and who knows what others? How overloaded with queries are THOSE systems? Which, for all we know, are technologically ancient legacy systems. To sell me insurance, it has to interact with the different systems of as many insurers as are on the exchange in that state. In addition to having to handle the load from 26 states! Probably better and more modern than the government systems, but still.. To compare it with a commercial site like Amazon is ludicrous. But - that's what people have to compare it with. This site is a monster of complexity piled on complexity. I worry for it, and it's enrollees, which don't include me, yet.