Posted on 11/05/2013 8:30:56 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
More than 100 pages of “war room notes” released by congressional investigators on Tuesday offer a window into the chaos that overwhelmed the Obama administration as the federal health insurance marketplace started up last month and officials realized that its problems could not be fixed quickly.
The notes indicate that by Oct. 8, one week after the exchange opened, administration officials had begun to realize that its problems were widespread and could not be easily fixed. No sooner was one problem solved than others popped up. The documents show that officials were focused on addressing individual bugs, rather than the larger issue: The website was not working properly from Day 1.
On Oct. 11, it was noted that the website was inaccurately calculating premium subsidies for low-and middle-income people. On Oct. 15, it was noted that some consumers had been pushed into subsidized private health insurance plans “when they should be in Medicaid.”
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The War Room notes have proved to be a treasure trove of humor. If anyone has a link to this latest release, please ping me!
Into the valley of glitches rode the Obamites.
mikulski? she's the annoying woman holding up every grocery store line in america because she can't work the checkout machine.
“the goal was to enroll 800,000 people by the end of November.”
Now that is funny! I am loving this obamaFail!
Basic cash register operation cannot be a strong suit for a “strong supporter of the 2010 health care law.” For one thing, there’s supposed to be some cash left over in it at the end of the shift.
That was the high end of the goal. Once the fine print was inspected, it ranged from 6 to 800,000.
“mikulski? she’s the annoying woman holding up every grocery store line in america because she can’t work the checkout machine. “
This old Bolshevek will be 80 years old when she’s up for re-election in 2016. My bet is that this is her last term.
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