So here we are trotting gayly into the final part of week three after
the roll out of the ACA AKA Obamacare. Contrary to what a lot of
Reboobicans want you to think, the enrollment has actually been
fairly sizable despite the multitude of glitches occurring on the
Federal Website. Many of the states (and DC) who went ahead and set
up their own exchanges are reporting that thousands of people have
actually gotten new insurance through the Exchanges with DC leading
the way with around 10K people signing up. Even better, early
numbers indicate that a large chunk of these people are the much
needed 22-35 range people. Now of course these numbers are a far cry
from the predicted millions needed to actual give the system a chance
of working, but it is a good sign.
The main problem with getting insurance is the ongoing glitch war in
the Federal Systems. Even though progress has been made in allowing
people to sign up and shop for insurance, there are still more
gremlins running around than at an all-night all you can eat buffet.
Sadly, if the problems aren't fixed fairly quickly, programming
errors and server issues may just succeed where the Tea Beggars and
the GOOP (Geezers Organization Opposing Progress just FYI) failed and
stop Obamacare.
Now one has to ask themselves exactly why we are having all these
issues. One particular conspiracy nutjob suggested that the glitches
are because Secret Boob Infiltrators implanted viruses and program
faults into the systems to make it fail. Another suggested that the
majority of the actual money spent on the system went to finance
Obama's SS force that will swoop down and drag people off to camps if
they don't buy insurance. (I'm not making this Shift up people.
Wish to heck I was.)
The much simpler idea behind the glitches and problems has nothing to
do with conspiracies so it is much less attractive. The plain and
simple fact is the Fed was trying something brand new (Well at least
in the US) and attempted to set it all up using a system designed and
implemented by the same Fed. Given the numerous glitches that occur
every month in tried and true systems such as Medicare and SNAP, this
was doomed to issues from the very beginning.
Several independent sources say that the whole system had serious
flaws long before it was implemented. Instead of fixing the issues
when they were first discovered, the developers pushed ahead with the
system with plans to fix the glitches later on. Kind of like the
whole Joint Strike Fighter/Oxygen issues all over again. (For those
who missed that blog, the JSF was discovered to have a serious flaw
in the pilot oxygen system early on, but was ignored. Now they are
rushing to fix the problem at mega costs.)
If and I do mean IF they can actually get all of the glitches out of
the systems, then the ACA might actually have a chance in succeeding.
If the problems aren't fixed quickly, then many of the “suggestions”
that the GOOP had in the debates might actually come true. If
nothing else, if it is impossible for people to sign up in time to
beat the deadline, then the Fed might be forced to hold off on the
Individual Mandate simply because people have not had a real chance
to sign up.
I look forward to the next few weeks because of all the potential for
things truly being fugged up. You can bet the Boobs have not given
up on their Crusade against Obamacare and will use any excuse to
attack it yet again. (I am currently taking bets on how long it
takes the GOOP and Beggars to try and repeal/defund it again. Any
takers?) You can also bet that the Damnocrats and Liarberals will do
everything in their power to make any problems look minor and
unimportant. I predict loads of interesting Blog topics in the very
near future.
End of Rant
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