Posted on 11/18/2013 1:55:24 AM PST by Olog-hai
With all the problems facing the rollout of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, nowhere is the situation worse or more surprising than in Oregon, a progressive state that has enthusiastically embraced the federal law but has so far failed to enroll a single person in coverage through the state’s insurance exchange.
Despite grand ambitions, an early start, millions of dollars from the federal government and a tech-savvy population, Oregon’s online enrollment system still isn’t ready more than a month after it was supposed to go live. The state has resorted to hiring or reassigning 400 people to process insurance applications by hand. …
… Oregon had everything going for it. But its exchange, known as Cover Oregon, became a victim of its own lofty ambitions and the state’s stubborn refusal to dial them back until it was too late. …
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The folks that run Oregon are finding out insurance is aphard to sell.
They might be commies,but they want to be commies with good healthcare.
They just need to sweeten the pot a little.
Start by giving away free phones — oh yeh they already get those.
Then give a free dinners to whoever signs up — oh they get those too.
How about free vacations — oh yeh vacations from what???
They have a tough sell up there ==
Bwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Commie losers...as usual.
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