Obamacare Website Is the Tip of the Iceberg as Uncle Sam Catches Up on Tech (Disaster Looms)

Yahoo Finance ^ | November 8, 2013 | Matt Nesto

[lbryce]

It has been a rough month for the roll out of the so-called Obamacare website, better known as Healthcare.gov. Although everyone from the administrator, to the Health and Human Services secretary, to the President of the United States has apologized for the chaos, and taken responsibility the failure, the problems still persist.

So far, no one has lost their job - or their pay - over the ordeal and a mad scramble is underway to get it fixed. But even when they do get it working, there's likely to be another digital disaster right behind it.

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"The ineptitude of the government in creating (this wesbite) is truly disturbing," says Zachary Karabell, the founder of River Twice Research and head of global strategy at Envestnet. "But (the problem) is structural. It's not Democrat or Republican," he says, adding that the most public and humiliating reboot in history "is not a symbol of anything other than this is a government that didn't know how to do it."

[lbryce]

The government's seeming utter lack of technological know-how, proficiency is all the more glaring when you recall how Obama's familiarity, implementation of tech know-how was lauded for being instrumental in getting elected in 2008.

So, why the huge gap in the appreciation and understanding of the fundamental priority that technology should be accorded in government's need to be as efficient, proficient as possible? Unless, of course, the bumbling efforts made by those the government has chosen to get these websites up and running are as a result of a deliberate effort by Obama and Company at subterfuge and subversion.

[Jane Long]

Nix it. Don't fix it.

[Paladin2]

Just like the Green Energy crony krapitalst failures.

The whole Shovel Ready Jobs thing, etc.

[headstamp 2]

“So, why the huge gap in the appreciation and understanding of the fundamental priority that technology should be accorded in government’s need to be as efficient, proficient as possible?”

Because campaigning and winning elections at all costs are far more important than the entire health care system of the country.

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[Rennes Templar]

I believe it’s supposed to be a big step toward single-payer, which is a big step toward bringing the US to a European-like socialist state. But like all socialist endeavors, it’s a major failure.

[Vigilanteman]

The website is like a poorly functioning cash register in a store where people are forced to buy a defective product. It is the least of the problems.

[lbryce]

As the Obama Mis-Administration is already responsible for a myriad number of disasters waiting in the loom, another disaster, I think, doesn’t make things any worse. That’s how bad things seem to be.

[Zakeet]

[stormhill]

"But (the problem) is structural. It's not Democrat or Republican," he says, adding that the most public and humiliating reboot in history "is not a symbol of anything other than this is a government that didn't know how to do it."

Does this even mean anything? The whole fiasco has only Democrat fingerprints on it. Not even the most wretched, liberal RINO voted for the darn thing.
What is this guy talking about?

[Jane Long]

Good one.

[98ZJ USMC]

Although everyone from the administrator, to the Health and Human Services secretary, to the President of the United States has apologized for the chaos, and taken responsibility the failure

Oh, gee ..... and all it took was a 2x4 and a lead pipe upside the head and a run through the woodchipper.

Everything's better now.

[Dr. Ursus]

Six hundred billion buys only a pong game at HHS!

[what's up]

They’ll do anything to keep from reminding the public that no Republican voted for this fiasco.

[hosepipe]

[Vince Ferrer]

Although everyone from the administrator, to the Health and Human Services secretary, to the President of the United States has apologized for the chaos, and taken responsibility the failure...

So far, no one has lost their job - or their pay - over the ordeal

Those two statements don't match.

[Vince Ferrer]

government’s need to be as efficient, proficient as possible?

Uh, do people in government actually feel this way?

[headstamp 2]

Do I need to answer that?

[dforest]

How serious could they really be with a 1-800-fuc_ you hotline?

[11th_VA]

What difference does it make, at least we have a ‘Cool’ president ...(/sarcasm)