Administration warns: don't expect 'perfection' from Healthcare.gov - gee, ya think?

November 15th is rapidly approaching, and you know what that means. You don't? Hmmm...

I'll give you hint: It's the day you've all been waiting for. In fact it's the most important, uniquely American, holiday of the year. No, we're not talking about Thanksgiving. No, it has nothing to do with hunting season. Think bigger. Think better. Now you've got it! We're talking about the beginning of ObamaCare open enrollment, and we know you're all excited about the ease with which you'll be purchasing "quality affordable healthcare."

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...But hang on. Before you get too giddy, some of the folks over at Health and Human Services have a warning for you....

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner told a House panel Thursday that there will be "visible improvement, but not perfection" on HealthCare.gov. Companies and state officials, who will process millions of applications for insurance and Medicaid, hope the files that reach them are far more complete and accurate than they were during the last enrollment period. Missouri found it couldn't enroll up to 90% of about 80,000 Medicaid applications it received because of problems, says Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. "The challenges we saw were legion and well-documented," Salo says. "It's not going to be that bad, (but) neither is it going to be smooth and seamless."

I know, I know. After last year's debacle you were absolutely, positively, 100% sure that the problems were fixed. You were walking around saying to yourself, "this year, the law I hate is - at the very least - going to deliver a seamless sign up process." Polling may say that no one likes the ACA, no one has any faith in it, and virtually everyone wants it repealed or altered in some way, but you? You knew that, if nothing else, the website would work perfectly. We're sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Only the other hand, you can look at it this way: The Obama administration has managed to continue its unbroken streak of achieving "not perfection" in absolutely everything it does. So, in that sense, they are indeed batting a thousand.