Before the site was launched, the president said it would make signing up for health care as easy as making a plane reservation. When, after a few rocky days that turned out to be too rosy, the administration dropped the airline analogy. Now the experience more closely approximates the saga of having your flight delayed. First, the airline tells you it will be a half hour, then it stretches it to an hour, then two, then you’re offered a voucher for a drink. After four hours, it dawns on you that the plane is never taking off. They continue to assure you it will—just before they cancel your flight.
I’ve tested, and built and rolled out tons of software.
Here’s the thing.
Every state has online enrollment for Medicaid, and social service networks at the state level, generally are tied into all other state services (like Unemployment...etc)
So, really all we are talking about is a common access front end, because the flat file on the backend, is clearly already formatted.
This should have been an extension of the Medicaid software.
This is more disgusting than most people realize.