By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--October 22, 2013
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Days before the launch of President Obama’s online health insurance marketplace, government officials and contractors tested a key part of the Web site to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of consumers at the same time. It crashed after a simulation in which just a few hundred people tried to log on simultaneously. Despite the failed test, federal health officials plowed ahead.
When the Web site went live Oct. 1, it locked up shortly after midnight as about 2,000 users attempted to complete the first step, according to two people familiar with the project. As new details emerged about early warning signs of serious deficiencies in HealthCare.gov, Obama on Monday gave a consumer friendly defense of the health-care law, insisting that the problems many Americans have faced in trying to enroll in insurance plans will be fixed quickly.That would be great, but the "quick-fix" is likely a pipe dream. The Obama administration is claiming that repairs are inbound, but aside from the Pesident no one seems to think that will happen quickly. To the contrary, it's expected to take weeks or months - and most insiders are claiming that it's unlikely to be ready in time for the enrollment deadline. That's why the administration is suddenly so desperate to get you to dial that occasionally working 1-800 number. If administration sources are to be believed, that "simple" online sign up system is now just one small, barely significant, part of the brilliance that is Obamacare. It may not work, but paper and phones will supposedly pick up the slack. Yeah....good luck with that.
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