From the Denver Post: A bug-ridden website. Endless wait times on a toll-free help line. Error-laden data sent to insurance companies.
These are not problems burdening Republican-led states that had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the federal health insurance overhaul. These are recent complications in the rollout of MNsure, the state-based exchange in Minnesota, a place with a long tradition of activist government and generous social programs.
Opposition to President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act runs deep in states led by Republican governors and legislators. But states where Democratic governors and legislative majorities enthusiastically enacted the system have also bogged down with glitches, gaffes and controversy.
Minnesota's efforts became so beset with problems that Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton issued a public apology and MNsure's top executive has resigned.
"I believe in this program. But this has just been inexcusable," said Tom Beckfeld, a small-business owner and Democratic activist in central Minnesota who has been stymied in his attempts to enroll through MNsure....
Problems include:
• Minnesota's website has been down for long stretches, even as callers to its help line sometimes spend more than an hour on hold.
• Oregon's exchange still has not been able to enroll anyone electronically and continues to accept only paper applications.
• Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, acknowledged last week that not every resident who wants insurance by Jan. 1 will necessarily get it.
• In Hawaii, the exchange had to delay the Oct. 1 start of open enrollment by two full weeks.
The problems have led to some high-profile departures of exchange leaders. April Todd-Malmlov of Minnesota and Rebecca Pearce of Maryland quit under surprisingly similar circumstances. Both faced criticism for taking tropical vacations over Thanksgiving while their exchanges struggled back home. Top-ranking exchange officials also resigned in both Oregon and Hawaii.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_24773980/even-willing-states-health-care-law-rollout-is
President Obama and his ilk are bragging that about 1,000,000 signed up for insurance through ObamaCare web sites.
Well, 4,000,000-5,000,000 have lost their health insurance coverage because of ObamaCare. Do the math and you will realize that ObamaCare has done more harm than good.
And you have an imbalance of those who are old and/or with pre-existing conditions vs those who are young and healthy.
Obama and the Democrats makes Bernie Madoff look like a piker when it comes to health insurance fraud.
One hopes that if a Republican is elected in 2016, they would indict Obama for fraud and throw his ass in jail.
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