R.I.P. Scout26
I thought I heard that 365K is the number who registers and got quotes, not necessarily those who signed up and paid. Maybe that is old information.
I was always pleasant, friendly and within arm's reach of a gun.
If government is the answer, it must have been a really, really, really stupid question.
They don't want it to work! They want SINGLE PAYER!!!
This. The true believers I know are already calling for single payer. Chris
I'm guessing the code was workable for the most part, and the infrastructure was woefully underspec'd and underbuilt. According to an HHS blog post and a HealthCare.gov progress report, a number of software and hardware fixes were put into place to make this happen. Most striking about this data are the declarations that they "installed dedicated hardware" for the registration database that led to a threefold improvement in speed. The agency also deployed 12 database servers and new storage for the core database, along with a new firewall for a 500 percent performance increase. - See more at: http://akamai.infoworld.com/d/data-center/healthcaregov-the-infrastructure-fix-in-232295?source=IFWNLE__2013-12-09#sthash.xxcUAKhY.dpuf
Hawkmoon - Never underestimate another person's capacity for stupidity. Any time you think someone can't possibly be that dumb ... they'll prove you wrong.
Viking - The problem with the modern world is that there aren't really any predators eating stupid people.
the code was workable for the most part
I found a network diagram of the infrastructure behind obamacare website...
That is all. *expletive deleted*ck you all, eat *expletive deleted*it, and die in a fire. I have considered writing here a long parting section dedicated to each poster, but I have decided, at length, against it. *expletive deleted*ck you all and Hail Satan.
Three huge caveats to the 365,000 figure. One: As Phil Klein notes in the excerpt, by HHS’s own admission, some of them are duplicates. And the fact that they felt obliged to admit that in a report that they’re desperately trying to spin as good news suggests that “some” isn’t an insignificant number. Two: As you hopefully already understand, “sign-ups” aren’t the same as “enrollments.” HHS’s original targets for O-Care were based on the assumption that people would be fully enrolled with their new insurers and ready to go with coverage on January 1. But because they’re desperate for positive publicity, they tweaked that metric so that anyone who’s tried to sign up and gotten as far as choosing a plan, even if they haven’t actually purchased it yet, counts in terms of them hitting their target. The actual number of people who’ve enrolled, not just “signed up,” is a well-kept secret. Three: As you also know by now, even if you’ve pulled the trigger on a plan and enrolled with an insurance company, your enrollment isn’t valid until you’ve paid your first month of premiums.
This. The true believers I know are already calling for single payer.
