ObamaCare Roll Out 2014 : More Failure / More Pain

With the catastrophic problems that plagued the roll out of ObamaCare last year and now the secretary of HHS admits there will be more problems should be enough to persuade the general public to say 'enough is enough' and demand it be repealed.

The election was a good indication that the public is ready for this change. The question that remains is why has it taken so long? Even before the election, it was clear as far back as 2010 when the Republicans ran on ObamaCare and now it would destroy our health care system and effect our economy for generations, won huge victories at all levels of government.

And yet the public seemed to be unaware of how Mr Obama and the progressives socialist where the ones that forced it down our throats, even the poles showed more then 60% of the public didn't want it, they voted for Mr Obama and his friends to continue the nightmare. It just doesn't make sense.

How Will HealthCare.gov Fare This Fall?
Source: Elise Viebeck, "Five new obstacles for ObamaCare," The Hill, November 11, 2014.

November 12, 2014

It's no secret that the Obamacare enrollment website HealthCare.gov had its share of problems during last year's open enrollment period. While the site is reportedly stronger this year, there are a number of areas that might pose trouble for the Department of Health and Human Services. Elise Viebeck, writing for The Hill, highlights some of these:

• The enrollment period will only last three months; last year's enrollment period lasted for six months, which gave the Obama administration extra time to deal with sign-up problems and enroll people at the end of the period. 
• The administration has spent less money marketing the enrollment website, which will likely make it difficult to reach a group of uninsured that is already less likely to sign up. Those who remained uninsured after last year's enrollment period are likely long-term uninsured, many of whom are men, minorities or those with language barriers.
• Those who did enroll in coverage last year may want to change their coverage during this year's enrollment period. It will be the first time that HealthCare.gov has had to deal with such changes.

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell has already said that her department expects to have problems, but has said she aims to fix whatever problems arise as quickly as possible.