The New Obamacare Health Care Exchange Site Has Already Crashed

Business Insider ^ | 10/01/2013 | Mandy Woodruff

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Just hours after debuting online, the new marketplace for Obamacare has apparently crashed.

Consumers are supposed to use Healthcare.gov as an outlet to sign up for coverage, but just after selecting the state where we wanted to enroll, an error message popped up citing heavy traffic from too many visitors. 

We tried to engage a customer service representative via the site's Live Chat feature, but after 15 minutes of waiting and no response, we gave up. 

We're not too fussed. Kinks are bound to happen this early in the site's roll out, and at least heavy traffic signals that consumers are eager to find out more about the new exchange.

If you'd like to read up on how the new health care exchange works, you can access this FAQ from the site perfectly fine. 

 

Healthcare.gov

  

[Halls]

I’ve been doing that all morning here in Texas and it just leads to the error message. We need to be all be doing it daily from here on out whenever we can, lol!

[Aleya2Fairlie]

I was really disappointed when these crashes happened. I was looking
forward to seeing and hearing the reactions from some of the dim freeloaders I know when they find out just how “free” and “affordable” their Dear Leader has made their mandatory obligation to buy healthcare. John Roberts was right. It’s just a tax. The healthcare part was a hoax.

[baddog 219]

[Springfield Reformer]

Keeping track of whether Obamacare is working or not is a distraction from the more fundamental fact that it is bad law, immoral, destructive of freedom, opposed to God. Treating it as a question of functionality is a subtle way to accept the premise of its existence, as if to say, if it proves efficient, then it must be OK, a false conclusion.

[SeekAndFind]

It seems that Day One of the Obamacare exchanges wasn’t a day when the program was ready for primetime:

Tweets from all over the internet:

The Michigan Health Exchange seems to be working as well as we all thought #trainwreck http://t.co/1eKrPTIJAR

— Mike Rogers (MI-08) (@RepMikeRogers) October 1, 2013

Not having success logging into the NYS health insurance exchange. pic.twitter.com/H6eWKjkPvz — Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 1, 2013

The Obamacare Health Insurance Exchange web site, here in Virginia, 8:53 a.m.: pic.twitter.com/JH45nfMXgW — jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 1, 2013

 

Hopped on the health care exchange a few minutes ago, got this message. Still waiting. pic.twitter.com/chHlsaBRN6

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 1, 2013

 

Error clicking “Get Started” on NY health insurance exchange site. So that’s going well. pic.twitter.com/3agomSPdX1

— Jessie Grenfell (@JessieGrenfell) October 1, 2013

 

Maryland Obamacare Exchange launch hampered by multiple glitches http://t.co/InlMA8tG41

— Jeff Quinton (@JeffQuinton) October 1, 2013

Glitches and malfunctions in Missouri exchange. Incremental reforms FTW. http://t.co/a6E0LXVYr0

— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) October 1, 2013

 

Tried three times to get into health exchange. Three messages telling me system’s down.

— Emily Ramshaw (@eramshaw) October 1, 2013

 

Officials are saying the crashes are due to the “tremendous response.” President Obama meets in the Oval Office today “with Americans who will benefit from the opening of Health Insurance Marketplaces and being able to comparison shop for the health plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act.”

[OB1kNOb]

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RE: It’s working now.

Not for my state -- New York. Here's what I'm getting just now:

SRVE0232E: Internal Server Error.
Exception Message: [null]

null

IBM WebSphere Application Server

[uptowngirl]

Unfortunately, Obama will just spin this to say “see, everyone wants this - so many people needed this that it crashed - see I was right”

[SeekAndFind]

I think they’re using the Java Spring Framework for their site in New York’s Healthcare exchange.

Here’s the error message I’ve been getting for the past hour when I click on the GET STARTED button:

Error 500: org.springframework.core.task.TaskRejectedException: Executor [java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor@d7c77916] did not accept task: org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1@4b5230a2

[Vaduz]

And how many years did they have to prep for it? another example of O’s leadership skills.

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VIDEO: MSNBC FORCED TO ABANDON OBAMACARE EXCHANGE DEMONSTRATION AFTER GLITCHES

SEE HERE:

http://obamacosts.gop.com/video/msnbc-forced-abandon-obamacare-exchange-demonstration-glitches/

[Ghost of SVR4]

It seems some of the sites are running apache and some are running IIS based on the return errors. The problems are only going to get worse as there seems to be NO standardization.

[novemberslady]

New Jersey is still down.
You can get as far as the security questions page to sign up.
But that's all.

[Vaduz]

LOL Obamacare in action.

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The Federal Government has sent an apology via Twitter...

Thanks for all your comments and updates as you enroll. We apologize that wait times on the site and hotline are longer than expected! (1/2)

— HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) October 1, 2013

Here’s the second one:

We’re working to fix these issues as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience (2/2)

— HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) October 1, 2013

[Uncle Miltie]

Everyone log onto your state’s exchange and post your FAIL screenshots here!

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Day One of the Obamacare exchanges is not quite the rollout supporters were hoping for:

Just before 10 a.m., the administration was already apologizing for the glitches:

Thanks for all your comments and updates as you enroll. We apologize that wait times on the site and hotline are longer than expected! (1/2) — HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) October 1, 2013

We’re working to fix these issues as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience (2/2) — HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) October 1, 2013

Meanwhile, statewide exchanges are also running into their own problems:

California:

California Obamacare Exchange Offline http://t.co/yJZbFoI3jU via @feedly — Red__Rover (@Red__Rover) October 1, 2013

Colorado:

Well done, Colorado Health Exchange website – crystal clear error message. #UX #healthexchange pic.twitter.com/NH67HkeLxC — Warren Wright (@wrightling) October 1, 2013

Connecticut:

Connecticut’s health exchange goes live today but it appears the website is down: http://t.co/MdR24quZ7o — Jeff Saperstone (@JeffSaperstone) October 1, 2013

Kentucky:

Kentucky’s exchange also down https://t.co/m7nT9i6Rm1 — Sam Baker (@sam_baker) October 1, 2013

Maryland:

MD exchange isn’t up. When I called customer service, they said call center was having issues, call back in afternoon. — Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 1, 2013

Minnesota:

#MNsure launch is delayed from midnight until Tuesday afternoon http://t.co/SSwhlapqPi — KSTP (@KSTP) October 1, 2013

New York:

Logged onto the New York State healthcare exchange, got this: ‘Error 500: java.lang.NullPointerException’ — Mary Kissel (@marykissel) October 1, 2013

Oregon:

Cover Oregon, the insurance exchange, won’t be ready to process enrollment on schedule tomorrow.http://t.co/BAsf309d8a #orleg — Jonathan J. Cooper (@jjcooper) October 1, 2013

Washington:

#ObamaCare exchanges open today and #WA State’s website isn’t even working. Precursor to the complications to come. pic.twitter.com/H4dhDwF2Y2 — CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) October 1, 2013

[novemberslady]

Very bad. All this time, all that money spent and they can't get a website up and running?
pish

[Ghost of SVR4]

We’re working to fix these issues as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience (2/2)

I guess "they" are working for free since the gubmit is shut down. Best not be overtime for the parasites...

[Vaduz]

That screeching sound is the train coming off the track.