ObamaCare Disaster: Maryland Site Worse Than Federal Site

How pathetic does your ObamaCare state web site have to be when people call it to shut down and people go to the federal web site, which barely works.
From the Baltimore Sun: A Maryland congressman, frustrated with the state's troubled health insurance exchange, said Friday that officials should consider abandoning the state website and using the federal government's.
Officials in Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration have been struggling to address problems with the state website that was designed to help uninsured Marylanders obtain coverage. More than two months after its launch, technical problems have kept thousands from applying.
Several Washington lawmakers said they're disappointed in the state's exchange, which now appears to be lagging behind the federal government's effort to repair its own site. And Rep. John Delaney, a Montgomery County Democrat, suggested using the federal site instead.
"Maryland should abandon its exchange and simply use the federal website and exchange that are now working to a high standard," said Delaney, who added that he's not pleased with the pace of the state's repairs.
"I'm confident they can get it fixed," he said, "but I haven't seen evidence like what we saw on the federal side that they're making tangible progress."
In all, 16 states and Washington, D.C., decided to create their own.... exchanges. Maryland, because it embraced the idea of an exchange early, was seen as a national leader in the effort. It has spent more than $70 million of the $107 million planned for setting up the online exchange.
O'Malley has acknowledged the problems with the site and has said he intends to have the bulk of them fixed by mid-December. The state is making progress — as evidenced by higher enrollment numbers — but so far only about 5,200 people have obtained private coverage through marylandhealthconnection.gov.
Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-md-federal-exchange-20131213,0,7663098.story#ixzz2nREOcUCZ
A whole 5,200 people have signed up in Maryland, or roughly the same number of people who think the Baltimore Ravens will win the Super Bowl.