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Foxnews Article on "healthsherpa" - better than Obamacare's site?
« on: November 13, 2013, 03:05:26 AM »
Is HealthSherpa a 'better ObamaCare website'?

At this time Obamacare is completely non-app for me, but I used to do internal website application development.

One line that got me was "without the lookup, registration, and log-on problems that have dogged...".  My immediate thought was 'why does the obamacare site need to do all that?'

Why do you need to authenticate users against government databases?  Why do you need to validate identity?  Why can't you simply look at the plans available in your area, select the most suitable, then contact the insurer directly, who'll do the validation stuff?


edited to fix the wonky linky- scout26
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Re: Foxnews Article on "healthsherpa" - better than Obamacare's site?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2013, 06:43:44 AM »
And how, grasshopper, would the government be able to extend and validate its files on you if that were allowed to happen?

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Re: Foxnews Article on "healthsherpa" - better than Obamacare's site?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2013, 09:53:20 AM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on November 13, 2013, 06:43:44 AM
And how, grasshopper, would the government be able to extend and validate its files on you if that were allowed to happen?

stay safe.

Or another angle: do you realize how many millions, and potentially billions, of dollars in political patronage and cronyism you're asking .gov to sacrifice by letting private insurers handle those functions instead of contracting with our allies to do them? Get real, buddy.
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Re: Foxnews Article on "healthsherpa" - better than Obamacare's site?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2013, 09:55:49 AM »
Plus how will the IRS be able to smack you around if they don't have all your banking info?

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Re: Foxnews Article on "healthsherpa" - better than Obamacare's site?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2013, 08:27:51 PM »
He'll, how many millions did it take just to find out what was in that law?
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