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‘Tech Surge’ Planned to Fix Obamacare Exchanges
Wall Street Journal ^ | October 20, 2013 | By LOUISE RADNOFSKY

Posted on 10/20/2013 2:10:29 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday it was bringing in outside help to resolve some of the technical woes that have beset the federally run insurance exchanges, which the agency acknowledged “has not lived up to the expectations of the American people.”

“We are committed to doing better,” agency officials said in a blog post that also said that “our team is bringing in some of the best and brightest from both inside and outside government to scrub in with the team and help improve healthcare.gov.”

Spokespeople for the agency didn’t immediately respond to questions seeking more information about the development, which it is billing as a “tech surge.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cgifederal; failure; healthcaredotgov; obamacare; obamacarerollout; obamacaresoftware; obamacarewebsite; rinocare; serco
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Train wreck full of cash!
1 posted on 10/20/2013 2:10:29 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now really, wouldn’t the simplest way to fix all this
be to simply implant a chip in all of us... /dripping S.


2 posted on 10/20/2013 2:11:59 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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...which the agency acknowledged “has not lived up to the expectations of the American people.”

Oh, I dunno. It's certainly lived up to mine.

3 posted on 10/20/2013 2:13:00 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Calling these people retards is a gross injustice to retards everywhere.

They’re subhumans.


4 posted on 10/20/2013 2:13:30 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hope he is more committed to this surge than the phoney one in afghanistan, where he sacrificed our soldiers in a conflict he never cared about, much less intended to win, just so he could maintain his false “tough guy” disguise on terrorism — and to keep a lid on the situation long enough to get past the next election.

everyone that has died in afghanistan since obama was elected has been sacrificed to his political future.


5 posted on 10/20/2013 2:14:09 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
start with demanding the money back from the criminals that wrote this POS or bring charges against them for fraud...
6 posted on 10/20/2013 2:15:32 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You mean they have figured out that 1 = + and 0 = - in Binary.


7 posted on 10/20/2013 2:15:53 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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+ - - best and brightest from both inside and outside government to scrub in with the team and help improve healthcare.gov.”

A recipe continued disaster. Maybe there could be some success if they canned the current “team” and hired the best and brightest from outside the govt.

But bringing in more help with the existing team still in charge is guaranteed failure.


8 posted on 10/20/2013 2:20:43 PM PDT by redfreedom (Republicans = The faux conservative wing of the democrat party.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Too much emphasis on technical glitches and not enough on the basic flaws, including: (1) forcing people with good health insurance to cross-subsidize those without it; (2) forcing people to buy coverage they don’t want or need; (3) price controls on doctors and hospitals, which discourages them from providing quality care; (4) failure to address the lawsuit problem; and (5) cost-increasing regulatory and paperwork burden.


9 posted on 10/20/2013 2:22:02 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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Having been through one or two of these myself, the new team will uncover so many fundamental flaws in the architecture that they will require at least 2-3 years of redesign, plus another year (at least) of testing prior to roll-out. Add in bureaucratic delays and you have a recipe for continuing disaster.


10 posted on 10/20/2013 2:29:59 PM PDT by jtonn
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This plan is right out of ATLAS SHRUGGED!!!!!!


11 posted on 10/20/2013 2:32:58 PM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Socon-Econ
In my experience in S/W development (45 years) adding resources to a project that is behind or in trouble ALWAYS makes things worse. ALWAYS

And usually in proportion to the amount of new resources added. And it usually incurs a disproportionately high increase in costs.

Oh, and I am sure the requirements are well defined and documented, and have been thoroughly vetted against the regs that define the Law itself.

sigh

Stock up on popcorn boys & girls!

12 posted on 10/20/2013 2:36:59 PM PDT by Thom Pain (U.S. Constitution is a CONTRACT! : $70 TRILLION unfunded...)
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Isn’t this site going to be the Holy Grail for hackers and con artists everywhere?


13 posted on 10/20/2013 2:39:37 PM PDT by grania
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It’s a rewrite, or they’re in for more epic fails (which could be a good thing).


14 posted on 10/20/2013 2:39:52 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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If Obama focuses on this like he focused like a laser on job creation, where there are now less people employed than in 1979, the exchanges are doomed.


15 posted on 10/20/2013 2:41:53 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now their serious. They called the Geek Squad.


16 posted on 10/20/2013 2:46:35 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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That will make it worse. The new people don’t know anything about what what was already coded. They will slow things down. The problem was with the design. Stupid design gives stupid programs.


17 posted on 10/20/2013 2:47:30 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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How is the “tech surge” going to solve the problems of disinterest by healthy youth, obnoxiously high premiums, even higher deductibles, doctor shortages, doctor denials of service to Obamacare enrollees...and I could go on.


18 posted on 10/20/2013 2:58:57 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Praying for a power surge, or EMP surge, to really “help them out.”


19 posted on 10/20/2013 3:01:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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... bringing in some of the best and brightest ...

Great idea -- throw more bodies at it. Sounds like most of the managers involved never bothered to read "The Mythical Man-Month".

20 posted on 10/20/2013 3:01:53 PM PDT by ken in texas
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