These problems are just the beginning; only scratching the surface. The complexity of Obamacare is simply overwhelming. There are literally thousands of pages of requirements and laws, many of which have ramifications that nobody knows how to address. The real horrors will begin when the security failures start to emerge.
Anyone familiar with John Gall’s work on systems (and his book Systemantics, or the Systems Bible) knew this was going to be the mother of all IT disasters, not to mention the many other “complications” with Obamacare.
For those who are interested Gall famously stated:
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.” He will be proven right — again.
People will suffer trying to sign up--he likes to see people suffer as his actions during the shutdown made clear.
People who can't register will have to pay a fine--maybe he can balance the budget that way.
The media will convince the public that the Tea Party is to blame for the problems.
Any computer is billions or trillions of switches that can be either on or off. Those are the only options. If your system cannot decide if a switch should be on or off, adding more switches will not help it decide.
that sounds right to me