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Insurance companies did not set the rules here, Obama did. He had THREE YEARS and over HALF A BILLION DOLLARS to get this right. And he signed up 6 people the first day. Today, January 1, 2014, his administration and the media are implying they’ve signed up nearly a million people, BUT THEY WILL NOT PROVE IT with evidence.

Honestly, I commiserate with her and her husband because they seem to be workers - producers and seem to be a nice family. The only thing I’d like to see in this article is who the hell she voted for in 2008 and 2012.

The worst law in American history will not be repealed. Obamacare is the progressives' golden calf. For pubbies, it is a club with which to pound democrats.

The uniparty knows Obamacare is largely responsible for our economic suffering, yet it will neither defund nor repeal it.

Our demise is assured until more of us get our minds around the fact that our elected oligarchs in Washington DC will do nothing to save our dying republic. Elections cannot excise the virus of liberalism.

My husband and I have had full time jobs for 6 years and 13 years respectively. We have been with the same two companies for those years. We are a middle class family; we own our three bedroom two bath house, we own two cars, and previously provided our own insurance for the four of us. We have coverage through Individual Blue from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama until 12/31/13. Our premiums have been $380.00 a month, which also included dental coverage for all four of us.

I wonder, instead of going to the ACA Exchange for coverage, why they didn’t look to enroll in group health coverage with their respective employers. Of course it could be that both of their employers are very, very small companies that don’t provide and aren’t required to provide any health insurance benefits or their employer’s plan’s open enrollment does not open at January 1 (some employer group health plans operate and renew on a fiscal year basis such as on July 1 or September 1 and not on a calendar year basis) or their employer’s plans really suck and would be even more expensive that what they got quoted on the exchange.

But I have to wonder why this option and explanation of why that was not an option, was left out of her letter.

dealing with bureaucrats she mistakenly ascribes to “insurance companies”. She wasn’t dealing with ‘insurance companies’. She was talking to Exchange Bureaucrats - Obama’s people

That's not what she said. She made the comparison between a private insurance company, and getting good customer service, and the government, saying "I can’t imagine how long a company would last in this country if they followed the same protocol as the ACA/Health Insurance Marketplace does." She was not mistaken at all.

I read through the whole pity-party article. An overly long recount of her troubles and difficulty in dealing with bureaucrats she mistakenly ascribes to “insurance companies”. She wasn’t dealing with ‘insurance companies’. She was talking to Exchange Bureaucrats - Obama’s people.

I think you may be misinterpreting what she says. Here's the part I think you're referring to:

I have never been treated so poorly by any insurance company in my whole life. I have never experienced such terrible customer service in all my years on this earth. I can’t imagine how long a company would last in this country if they followed the same protocol as the ACA/Health Insurance Marketplace does.

This is a comparative analysis - the only thing she's ascribing to the insurance companies is that every one she's ever dealt with treated her much, much better than "the ACA/Health Insurance Marketplace does". She's basically saying that the ACA/Health Insurance Marketplace sucks at customer service to the point it would never survive if it were a real company.

I just wish that, rather than using a more technical term like "ACA/Health Insurance Marketplace" she'd gone with "Obamacare" instead. That would really make her comments clear as day ...

Today, January 1, 2014, his administration and the media are implying they’ve signed up nearly a million people, BUT THEY WILL NOT PROVE IT with evidence

From what I understand, the majority of those that "signed up" are actually new Medicaid enrollees.

“Today, January 1, 2014, his administration and the media are implying they’ve signed up nearly a million people, BUT THEY WILL NOT PROVE IT with evidence.”

No, the new claim as of today is that they have signed up over 5 million!