Posted on 10/18/2013 8:15:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
ObamaCare's online marketplace is creating a mess for insurance companies by approving error-ridden applications, according to a report.
Among the small number of people who have successfully purchased coverage, many have filed duplicate enrollments, misreported family members or left data fields empty, insurers told The Wall Street Journal.
The defective sign-ups are the latest in a series of mounting problems for healthcare.gov, the online enrollment portal created so that millions could purchase health plans.
Every day since its Oct. 1 rollout, the site has been dogged by both traffic and software problems that have prevented nearly all users from shopping for health insurance.
The flawed data eceived by insurance companies brings the issues to a new level and underscores the challenge facing federal health officials as they seek to repair the site.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) circulated the Wall Street Journal report Friday morning as Republicans began to turn their focus away from this week's fiscal negotiations and back toward ObamaCare's rocky rollout.
GOP lawmakers have vowed to redouble their efforts at investigating and overseeing the law's implementation now that the fight over government funding and the debt ceiling is over.
Insurers told The Wall Street Journal they have been able so far to manually correct the sign-up errors, sometimes by calling individual applicants.
But this arrangement could prove unsustainable once more users are able to complete the enrollment process.
Federal health officials say they're working around the clock to fix problems on the enrollment site, and are stressing that the first open enrollment period lasts until March.
A Mess , what else would you expect from this President
“Insurers told The Wall Street Journal they have been able so far to manually correct the sign-up errors, sometimes by calling individual applicants.”
A hacker/scammer dream! Hack some info, spoof a phone number, call a schmuck, and get everything! Bye bye bank account!
CGI Technologies & Solutions Contributions to Federal Candidates
Select a Cycle:
House
Total to Democrats: $32,000
Total to Republicans: $48,000
Recipient Total
Bachus, Spencer (R-AL) $2,000
Barber, Ron (D-AZ) $2,000
Biggert, Judy (R-IL) $1,000
Brooks, Mo (R-AL) $2,000
Carter, John (R-TX) $1,000
Chandler, Ben (D-KY) $1,000
Clyburn, James E (D-SC) $3,500
Cole, Tom (R-OK) $5,000
Conaway, Mike (R-TX) $1,000
Connolly, Gerry (D-VA) $6,000
Cummings, Elijah E (D-MD) $3,000
Ducheny, Denise Moreno (D-CA) $5,000
Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO) $1,000
Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ) $1,000
Granger, Kay (R-TX) $3,000
Griffith, Morgan (R-VA) $1,000
Hunter, Duncan D (R-CA) $1,000
Issa, Darrell (R-CA) $2,000
King, Pete (R-NY) $1,000
Lungren, Dan (R-CA) $1,000
Matsui, Doris O (D-CA) $1,000
McCaul, Michael (R-TX) $1,000
McKeon, Buck (R-CA) $1,000
Moran, Jim (D-VA) $5,500
Pallone, Frank Jr (D-NJ) $1,000
Pitts, Joe (R-PA) $1,000
Roby, Martha (R-AL) $2,000
Rogers, Hal (R-KY) $2,000
Rogers, Mike (R-MI) $1,000
Rogers, Mike D (R-AL) $1,000
Ruppersberger, Dutch (D-MD) $1,000
Schweikert, David (R-AZ) $3,000
Scott, Tim (R-SC) $2,000
Shimkus, John M (R-IL) $1,000
Smith, Adam (D-WA) $1,000
Stark, Pete (D-CA) $1,000
Turner, Michael R (R-OH) $1,000
Wilson, Joe (R-SC) $1,000
Wittman, Rob (R-VA) $1,000
Wolf, Frank R (R-VA) $6,000
Yoder, Kevin (R-KS) $2,000
Senate
Total to Democrats: $29,500
Total to Republicans: $19,000
Recipient Total
Allen, George (R-VA) $2,500
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $1,000
Brown, Scott (R-MA) $1,000
Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) $2,000
Cardin, Ben (D-MD) $1,000
Carmona, Richard (D-AZ) $1,000
Carper, Tom (D-DE) $5,500
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $1,000
Collins, Susan M (R-ME) $3,000
DeMint, Jim (R-SC) $1,000
Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) $1,000
Flake, Jeff (R-AZ) $1,000
Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) $1,000
Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) $2,000
Hagan, Kay R (D-NC) $1,000
Harkin, Tom (D-IA) $1,000
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) $1,000
Inhofe, James M (R-OK) $4,500
Johnson, Tim (D-SD) $1,000
Kaine, Tim (D-VA) $2,500
McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) $1,000
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) $1,000
Portman, Rob (R-OH) $1,000
Pryor, Mark (D-AR) $4,000
Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH) $1,000
Warner, Mark (D-VA) $2,500
Webb, James (D-VA) $2,000
Wicker, Roger (R-MS) $1,000
Based on data released by the FEC on March 25, 2013.
CGI Technologies & Solutions Contributions to Federal Candidates
Select a Cycle: 2010
House
Total to Democrats: $27,000
Total to Republicans: $15,854
Recipient Total
Boucher, Rick (D-VA) $4,500
Bright, Bobby (D-AL) $3,000
Cole, Tom (R-OK) $4,854
Connolly, Gerry (D-VA) $5,500
Driehaus, Steve (D-OH) $1,000
Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ) $2,000
Granger, Kay (R-TX) $4,500
Issa, Darrell (R-CA) $1,000
Mitchell, Harry (D-AZ) $5,500
Moran, Jim (D-VA) $2,500
Towns, Edolphus (D-NY) $3,000
Wolf, Frank R (R-VA) $5,500
Senate
Total to Democrats: $7,000
Total to Republicans: $13,000
Recipient Total
Carper, Tom (D-DE) $2,000
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) $3,000
Inhofe, James M (R-OK) $2,500
Shelby, Richard C (R-AL) $7,500
Webb, James (D-VA) $5,000
Based on data released by the FEC on February 04, 2013.
PACS
CGI Technologies & Solutions Expenditures 2012
Top Vendors/Recipients
Rank Vendor/Recipient Total Expenditures
1 Republican Governors Assn $22,500
2 Democratic Governors Assn $20,000
3 Kasich for Ohio $11,544
4 Together PAC $10,000
5 Texans For Joe Straus $6,000
5 Gerry Connolly for Congress $6,000
5 Friends for Frank Wolf $6,000
8 Moran For Congress $5,500
8 Carper For Senate $5,500
10 Friends Of Bill Bolling $5,000
10 Republican Party Of Louisiana $5,000
10 Denise Moreno Ducheny For Congress $5,000
10 Forward Together PAC $5,000
10 Defend America PAC $5,000
10 A Better Missouri With Governor Jay Nixon $5,000
10 Democratic State Central Cmte/California $5,000
10 Cole For Congress $5,000
"The people I spoke with did all confirm the importance of one other detail in the Times story: that CMS did not hire a general contractor to manage the exchange project but handled that overall technical management task itself. None of the people I spoke with wanted to get into how this decision was made or at what level, but all of them agreed that it was a very bad idea and was at the core of the disaster they have so far experienced.
I have to agree. The biggest blunder of all was the government's failure to put the project in the hands of an experienced team.
It don't believe that the government has personnel experienced in the management of a large and complex software development program like the one required for a functional Obamacare system. They can manage the money up to a point but letting the government guys manage a huge software development program is a recipe for disaster as this case proves.
CGI Technologies & Solutions Expenditures 2010
op Vendors/Recipients
Rank Vendor/Recipient Total Expenditures
1 Strickland For Governor $10,000
2 Shelby for US Senate $7,500
3 Friends for Frank Wolf $5,500
3 Gerry Connolly for Congress $5,500
3 Harry Mitchell For Congress $5,500
6 Texans For Rick Perry $5,000
6 Forward Together PAC $5,000
6 Webb For Senate $5,000
6 Kasich For Ohio $5,000
6 Democratic Party of Ohio $5,000
“After January 1, other Americans are also going to be in for a nasty shock. The IRS is sending a separate form to all taxpayers requiring them to declare what health insurance they carry, what the benefits are, and how long they’ve been enrolled.
It is the IRS who will decide whether or not you’re carrying the proper insurance. If not, taxpayers will be forced to pay the fine. It won’t matter what your insurance company tells you. If the IRS determines you’re not in compliance — tough luck for you.
We’re only finishing the first chapter in the Book of Obamacare. So far, it’s living up to its billing as a horror story.”
The federal health care exchange was built using 10-year-old technology that may require constant fixes and updates for the next six months and the eventual overhaul of the entire system, technology experts told USA TODAY....Recent changes have made the exchanges easier to use, but they still require clearing the computer's cache several times, stopping a pop-up blocker, talking to people via Web chat who suggest waiting until the server is not busy, opening links in new windows and clicking on every available possibility on a page in the hopes of not receiving an error message. With those changes, it took one hour to navigate the HealthCare.gov enrollment process Wednesday. Those steps shouldn't be necessary, experts said..."The application could be fundamentally flawed," said Jeff Kim, president of CDNetworks, a content-delivery network. "They may be using 1990s technology in 2.0 world." Outsiders acknowledged they can't see the whole system, but they said they feared HHS built a system that will need an expensive overhaul that would cause more headaches for people trying to buy insurance.
Only “hundreds” have been able to sign up for a health care plan at the Obamacare websites. The Wall Street Journal reported:
Okay now we will try the landline # 1-800-318-2596 listed above or 1-800-318-2596 = 1-800-FAU-CKYO.
Maybe it they had used the insurance companies’ broker networks for signup this wouldn’t have happened.
I read it and got my new intro re USALIES Today for my Obozo Scare Trainwreck. Thanks for posting it.
“Maybe it they had used the insurance companies’ broker networks for signup this wouldn’t have happened!
Possible reason why not:
1. People could find out very quickly on a simple search what their basic new costs would be. This would drive away most people.
2. There would no need hire Occupy people, Acorn People and other low life to be navigotors.
Of course, they didn’t want to lose control of the data and process.
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