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After more than three years, $400 million, and a steady stream of assurances from the Obama administration, the government's healthcare exchanges should have been ready to go.
But the problems with Obamacare, at first brushed off as the result of an overwhelming initial response, run much deeper than the Obama administration would like to admit.
"These are not glitches," an insurance executive who has taken part in many conference calls on Obamacare told The New York Times. "The extent of the problems is pretty enormous. At the end of our calls, people say, 'It's awful, just awful.'"
And while the problems with Obamacare were discussed among insiders for months, warnings that it would almost certainly crash on launch were ignored.
After two weeks of building frustration, everyone wants answers – would-be enrollees, Republican opponents, and embarrassed Democratic supporters.
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WHY NOT ENROLL IN OBAMA CARE? Eligible insurance clients will simply choose to self-insure and pay the penalty in 2014 of up to 2.5% of their 2013 gross income to the IRS rather than bother to enroll for now. If you have no pre-existing conditions or chronic medical problems, then why enroll at all? I am getting to that point because of two issues I have with ObamaCare, as it is in practice today: First, the policies available on the State Exchanges are comparatively limited. Many, such as Blue Cross or Blue Shield PPO have significantly smaller physician in-network lists… Read more »
This anti-Obamacare is bullshit. I'm furious that you tea-party Republicans and all your propaganda spewers have taken over the weather network, exposing us all to your poison! I'm from Canada and somehow don't have the fears about any changes that American's have. Likely because we in Canada have better healthcare (universal like every other civilized country in the world), are better educated than Americans, and more well-travelled (you can check out all these comparative statistics by checking life expectancy in countries with universal healthcare and Language/math proficiency stats). It's a slam dunk for us. I know that glitches in the… Read more »
Sorry , Valerie is incorrect and must be one of the left wing liberals who is only listening to the mainstream news and doesn't want to admit that this system is majorly flawed and isn't living up to the stated objectives the president promised. I am a Canadian and our health care system isn't as perfect as Valerie would like to believe. We have a shortage of doctors and huge cost increases as people age. This isn't sustainable so services will have to be cut more. Yesterday I heard that physicals will now only be covered every 3 years, but… Read more »
Indeed Mac, Valerie has been listening to the media outlets (controlled by the Government) that never divulge the truth even if it hit them in the face. The Obama plan is deceptive in nature and will be used as a tool extract extra taxes from its citizens and ultimately control peoples lives. When you control the money you control the people! This is the essence and purpose of Socalism. Most of the politicians wielding power are all corrupt with little or no moral values that they put into public practice. At least the likes of Rand Paul and Ted Cruz… Read more »