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Despite Rosy Predictions By The President, Experts See Disastrous Roll Out For Obamacare Online

‘Bugs,’ ‘Crashes,’ ‘Glitches,’ ‘Problems,’ ‘Horror Stories’

“The administration is having trouble setting up some of the new computer systems required by the Affordable Care Act.” (“Affordable Care Act Hits More Road Bumps,” NPR, 7/9/13)

‘Experts expect bugs, errors and crashes’ “Although IT is the single most expensive ingredient of the exchanges, with eight-figure contracts to build them, experts expect bugs, errors and crashes.” (“Web Barrage Likely When Obamacare Goes Live,” Reuters, 7/1/13)

‘Expect glitches… problems’ “Teams of technology experts are racing to finish building government websites that will allow people to shop and sign up for health insurance this October. People involved in the effort say to expect some problems.” (“Planners Expect Glitches In Health-Exchange Sites,” The Wall Street Journal, 6/7/13)

Exchanges ‘will be full of issues, bugs and technological challenges’ “‘Something will be up and running on Oct. 1,’ when open enrollment starts, said Dan Schuyler, a director at the consulting firm Leavitt Partners and a former director of technology for Utah's health-insurance exchange. ‘It will be full of issues, bugs and technological challenges,’ he added.” (“Planners Expect Glitches In Health-Exchange Sites,” The Wall Street Journal, 6/7/13)

Software Developer: ‘Everyone is waiting for something to go wrong’ “…Dan Maynard, president of Connecture, a software developer that is providing the shopping and enrollment functions for several states' insurance exchanges. ‘From an IT perspective, 1.0's come out with a lot of defects. Everyone is waiting for something to go wrong.’” (“Web Barrage Likely When Obamacare Goes Live,” Reuters, 7/1/13)

‘The computer system… won't be able to process that’ NPR: “The law allows insurance companies in these new marketplaces, the exchanges, to charge higher premiums for people who smoke… But it turns out the computer system being developed for the exchanges won't be able to process that, at least not for the first year…” Audie Cornish, NPR: “Wow. OK, all of that just because of what is - what - a computer glitch, it sounds like. … does all this sort of combine to create a sense that the rollout of the law is kind of coming of the rails?” (“Affordable Care Act Hits More Road Bumps,” NPR, 7/9/13)

‘Horror Stories’

‘There will no doubt be consumer horror stories’ “It will be a tough task implementing the online health insurance marketplaces that are required of each state under the federal health care overhaul, and there will no doubt be consumer horror stories about trying to navigate them, insurance company executives warned Tuesday.” (“Insurance Leaders Detail Uncertainty Of Overhaul,” AP, 6/18/13)

‘Millions of curious souls’ could ‘log on, causing Cover Oregon to crash in a blur of spinning hourglasses and color wheels and an epidemic of frozen screens.’ “…enrollment under President Barack Obama's health care reform begins on Oct. 1. What Karjala, the chief information officer at Cover Oregon, does worry about, however, is what will happen if the entire population of Oregon — 3.9 million — logs on that day ‘just to check it out,’ he said. Or if millions of curious souls elsewhere, wondering if Oregon's insurance offerings are better than their states', log on, causing Cover Oregon to crash in a blur of spinning hourglasses and color wheels and an epidemic of frozen screens.” (“Web Barrage Likely When Obamacare Goes Live,” Reuters, 7/1/13)

• ‘state's ACA call center… could quickly be swamped’ “A key goal for exchange officials is keeping would-be buyers in the [online] portal so they don't give up and use a state's ACA call center, which could quickly be swamped.” (“Web Barrage Likely When Obamacare Goes Live,” Reuters, 7/1/13)

“Multiply that by another 49 states and the District of Columbia, all of which will open health insurance exchanges under Obamacare the same day, and you get some idea of what could go publicly and disastrously wrong.” (“Web Barrage Likely When Obamacare Goes Live,” Reuters, 7/1/13)

Dems: ‘The Implementation Of This Is Fabulous’

President Obama: ‘This is working the way it's supposed to.’ “Now, a lot of the opponents of the Affordable Care Act, they had all kinds of sky-is-falling, doom-and-gloom predictions… I think it's important for us to recognize and acknowledge this is working the way it's supposed to.” (President Obama, Statement, 6/7/13)

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): “The implementation of this is fabulous.” (“Dems To Kathleen Sebelius: Seniors Confused On Obamacare,” Politico, 6/27/13)
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