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.”
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.