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HealthCare.gov team claims victory: 'We have met the goal'
THE HILL ^ | 12/01/2013 | Elise Viebeck

Posted on 12/01/2013 7:02:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The Obama administration claimed victory Sunday for making HealthCare.gov workable for the vast majority of users, a standard that will be tested as millions of people flood the site in the next three weeks.

Sunday marked the passage of the administration's self-imposed deadline for fixing the broken ObamaCare enrollment website, which serves consumers in 36 states.

The agency that oversees HealthCare.gov said "we believe we have met the goal" of making the system navigable for most people, but cautioned that more fixes lie ahead.

"Dramatic progress has been made," the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated in a report released Sunday morning. "[But] there is more work to be done to continue to improve and enhance the website."

The mixed message highlights the challenge facing the Obama administration as it seeks to ensure that millions can sign up for individual health plans online by the end of March.

HealthCare.gov debuted with serious technical problems on Oct. 1, plunging President Obama into a political firestorm that engulfed the White House for two months.

The question now is whether the system can handle the high volume of user traffic expected in December. Consumers must complete the sign-up process by Dec. 23 in order to obtain plans that begin Jan. 1.

Administration officials also acknowledge that some problems with HealthCare.gov have yet to be fixed. The severity of these issues is unknown, but it is possible that some errors have not yet been discovered.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: healthcaregov; huaca; husseins; obamacare; obamacarewebsite; obamacarewebsitefix; obamacarewebsitenot; unaffordablecareact; youcankeepitgate
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To: SeekAndFind
'We have met the goal'

Actually, it should read, "We have met the enemy, and it is the wage earner."

61 posted on 12/01/2013 8:00:02 AM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, now there will no longer be any problems with the web site?

Did they just guarantee that?


62 posted on 12/01/2013 8:01:38 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: upchuck

That depends on what is defined as “fixed”.

The major problem of being able to shop for and select a plan was done adequately by a couple of guys in their basement over the course of a week...and duplicated by several others. If they replaced that, and delegated a lot of the back end, it might look greatly improved for long enough to give them a few more months.


63 posted on 12/01/2013 8:04:40 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: SeekAndFind

This group never gets tired of lying to the American public. The questions is whether the MS media will uncover the lies, or carry the water. Remember, Obama called the liberal press together for a rally last week - presumably with marching orders to repeat the lies...or else.


64 posted on 12/01/2013 8:05:06 AM PST by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: SeekAndFind

The normal reaction to not being able to access a website is merely frustration. However, the normal reaction to accessing a website and then learning one’s healthcare premiums will increase from $600 to $1,200 a month is more like rage.

The next three weeks should be interesting.


65 posted on 12/01/2013 8:05:11 AM PST by Bluestocking
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To: SeekAndFind

Dems keeping plugging away following a game plan while the GOPe does victory laps and tip toes to 2014. Republicans would be advised not to count their electoral chickens just yet.


66 posted on 12/01/2013 8:09:34 AM PST by lodi90
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To: SeekAndFind

News from the future — sometime around mid-December 2013, the White House will admit that problems persist and they will say this is well-known, it’s old news, and No, they never said they “met the goal” to fix the site.


67 posted on 12/01/2013 8:11:57 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: SeekAndFind

we believe we have met the goal” of making the system navigable for most people. Im convinced! only thing is I am not most people and how many “most people” are there? 50, 100, 200? MOST PEOPLE, NOT ALL THE PEOPLE BUT MOST PEOPLE, VICTORY!!! What kind of crap are they throwing at us now?


68 posted on 12/01/2013 8:13:43 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: proudpapa

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if someone were to hack the Healthcare.gov website and post that picture. Liberals would be FURIOUS.


69 posted on 12/01/2013 8:13:59 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Temporary tag line - RIP Paul Walker)
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To: SeekAndFind

How many suckers have paid into this sink hole, instead of applying for freebies?
Those are the real numbers that will decide the fate of this boondoggle.


70 posted on 12/01/2013 8:20:03 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Go Gordon

This group never gets tired of lying to the American public. The questions is whether the MS media will uncover the lies, or carry the water. Remember, Obama called the liberal press together for a rally last week - presumably with marching orders to repeat the lies...or else.


Exactly. The Dems will get the MS in line and brawl through to 2014. The GOPe better wake up to that fact. Milquetoast Mitch and The Cryer still refuse to engage the Dems even with a stronger hand. It’s is disgusting.

What worries me is the beltway GOP took the very first opportunity after the shutdown to roll out their patented loser tip toe to the next election strategy. As soon as the Dems started getting some heat the GOPe held 2014 victory parties. Total buffoonery.


71 posted on 12/01/2013 8:22:17 AM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90

I get a “webpage not available” when I try to go to it from here in Costa Rica. They must be blocking access for those of us who are travelling.


72 posted on 12/01/2013 8:30:22 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: SeekAndFind

They can claim victory all they want but we will see how it goes when these expensive monthly premiums come due. Victory, my a**.


73 posted on 12/01/2013 8:38:30 AM PST by bergmeid (Resist we much!)
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To: SeekAndFind

” For example, the Ministry of Plenty’s forecast had estimated the output of boots for the quarter at one-hundred-and-forty-five million pairs. The actual output was given as sixty-two millions. Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfulfilled. In any case, sixty-two millions was no nearer the truth than fifty-seven millions, or than one-hundred-and-forty-five millions. Very likely no boots had been produced at all. Likelier still, nobody knew how many had been produced, much less cared. All one knew was that every quarter astronomical numbers of boots were produced on paper, while perhaps half the population of Oceania went barefoot.” __ 1984


74 posted on 12/01/2013 8:46:12 AM PST by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: SeekAndFind

Doublethink is no longer just a literary fiction. We are being sold the idea that higher premiums are cheaper, higher deductibles are better, and coverage we don’t need is improved coverage.


75 posted on 12/01/2013 8:57:49 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: lodi90

Victory laps? For doing nothing? If there is one thing I did not foresee in an Obama presidency is the idiotic behavior of the GOP during a political disaster such as this. They spent more time criticizing the Tea Party than they did O-care.


76 posted on 12/01/2013 9:07:48 AM PST by CommieCutter (Democrat Party: The Free Rider Party.)
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To: Spok

Liars lie. That is what they do. This one sick bunch of anti-Freedom commies. They all should in prison for their perfidy.


77 posted on 12/01/2013 9:09:20 AM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: SeekAndFind

I heard they crashed again.


78 posted on 12/01/2013 9:14:03 AM PST by nomad
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To: SeekAndFind

There’s a survey on the pages. I tell them there is not enough information.

Then they ask how they can improve it, I tell them that I don’t want to apply and give them my personal information just to shop around.


79 posted on 12/01/2013 9:38:44 AM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone want to take a guess at what will crash first on Monday, Amazon or any other “CyberMonday” retailer or healthcare.gov?


80 posted on 12/01/2013 9:56:20 AM PST by matt04
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