Obamacare girl…
…goes into the witness protection program:
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Obamacare: intended to fail?
A popular argument on the right is that single payer was the goal of Obamacare all along. That certainly makes some sense, especially since quite a few Democrats (and even Obama, some years ago) are on record as supporting single … Continue reading →
The new slogan: “Obamacare is more than a website”
And I agree. Much much more. The Obamacare website is only the tip of the iceberg, although if a substantial number of healthy non-Medicaid recipients aren’t able to sign up within a reasonable amount of time it could cause what’s … Continue reading →
Obamacare: all the world’s a stage anyway, isn’t it?
So why not stage an Obamacare photo-op, featuring people who may or may not have actually enrolled? It’s all about the visuals. And even if the entire group of thirteen had in fact enrolled, it would be meaningless. Obamacare’s success … Continue reading →
The story of the Obamacare exchange website snafu
Long, but well worth reading. Excerpt: Some blame the contractors involved for not being upfront about the potential for such fundamental difficulties, but some say the contractors did offer warnings, and especially that the contractors believed the time they were … Continue reading →
Perhaps the worst thing about the Obamacare rollout…
…from the Democrats’ point of view is not that it will keep people from enrolling for a while. After all, there’s no enormous rush, although it would have been nice to have gotten the ball rolling faster. It’s the undermining … Continue reading →
What’s in a name: healthcare.gov
It has not escaped my notice that the Obamacare website is named “healthcare.gov.” That sounds innocuous enough, so why am I calling anyone’s attention to it? It’s emblematic of the insidious nature of the language around the ACA that we … Continue reading →
Obamacare: Big Dig of government programs?
Although, come to think of it, it certainly wouldn’t be the only government program to resemble that illustrious undertaking in Boston: The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling … Continue reading →
Even the NY Times can’t hide…
…the debacle that was the Obamacare website launch: For the past 12 days, a system costing more than $400 million and billed as a one-stop click-and-go hub for citizens seeking health insurance has thwarted the efforts of millions to simply … Continue reading →
Another question reporters could have asked Obama today, but didn’t
Why was the Obamacare government website design outsourced to a Canadian firm? And this is exactly and precisely the question I’ve been asking myself for days: “Why is healthcare.gov so bad, when Obama’s digital campaign was so good?” Priorities, I … Continue reading →
Kathleen Sebelius: good party apparatchik
Either Kathleen Sebelius has a remarkably deadpan sense of humor, or she’s being serious in her piece in USA Today entitled, “HealthCare.gov simple, user-friendly.” I doubt that even those who are in favor of Obamacare think the government website for … Continue reading →
Sticker shock on Obamacare
There are a lot of surprised people in California now that more Obamacare details are coming out: In California, 1.9 million people buy plans on the open market, according to officials with Covered California, the state’s new health insurance exchange. … Continue reading →