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With 1 Week Left Until November 30 Obama Scrambles To Boost Obamacare Enrollment; Propaganda Enters Overdrive Mode
With just a week to go until the Obama-promised "all clear" healthcare.gov date of November 30, the president is scrambling to boost enrollment in the 11th hour. As reported by Reuters, the administration announced a flurry of fixes to its troubled HealthCare.gov website on Friday that officials said would soon double its current capacity, a crucial step toward getting the system working by a November 30 deadline. It also pushed back a deadline for people to enroll in insurance plans for 2014 under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act in a nod to millions of applicants who have been unable to sign up because of technical glitches for nearly two months. The reason for the push is that consumers need to make decisions on healthcare plans in December if they want insurance in place by January.
The problem as discussed ad nauseam is that with its 500 million lines of code, its accessibility problems and its security concerns, healthcare.gov is simply not a viable option in the long or short-run. And yet Obama keeps insisting on band aid fixes only now the president has decided to boost direct enrollment as a workaround would the latest attempt to fix the site crash and burn again.
Jeffrey Zients, the troubleshooter named by Obama to oversee fixes to HealthCare.gov told reporters on Friday that the website will soon be able to handle 50,000 simultaneous users - twice its current capacity, and up from fewer than 1,000 in the days after its botched launch on Oct 1.
Some of the technical fixes will allow insurance companies to more easily directly enroll consumers in health plans, a senior administration official said.
The administration will run a pilot program for direct enrollment in three states with large numbers of uninsured people - Texas, Florida and Ohio - and use the results to expand the availability of the "direct enrollment" option.
"We do believe that it's substantial. We're looking at hundreds of thousands of people who we believe may well opt to do this," the official told Reuters.
In the meanwhile the first delay to the rollout was announced: it will, however, hardly have a meaningful impact:
People needing health insurance by January 1, 2014 will have eight extra days to sign up, officials said. The original deadline for year-end coverage was December 15, but now will be moved to December 23.
More importantly, the administration has also decided to push back the deadline for the second yearof enrollment, which just happens to fall at a critical time - just after the midterm elections which also means Americans will not know how high premiums surge as a result of Obamacare until after the election.
With the first enrollment period barely off the ground, the Obama administration also has decided to delay enrollment for the second year of the program to give insurance companies more time to calculate rates, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
The delay will mean consumers will start shopping for insurance for Year Two of Obamacare on November 15, 2014 - more than a week after voters go to the polls for midterm elections, when congressional Democrats are expected to face tough questions about the policy they supported.
"That means that if premiums go through the roof in the first year of Obamacare, no one will know about it until after the election," said Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa. But Carney rejected any assertion that politics was behind the extension.
"The fact is, we're doing it because it make sense for insurers to have as clear a sense of the pool of consumers they gain in the market this year, before setting rates for next year," Carney said.
And as usual, the White House is convinced it can just lie and just keep getting away with it thanks to a press that is infatuated with a president who until recently could, in the eyes of the "independent" media, walk on water but no more.
Elsewhere, in an attempt to artificially boost excitement in a program that has gone from Obama's crowning achievement to his most abysmal failure, the WaPo reports that there has been a surge in enrollment after the abysmal results from the first enrollment month:
After anemic enrollment in the federal health insurance marketplace, several states running their own online exchanges are reporting a rapid increase in the number of people signing up for coverage, a trend officials say is encouraging for President Obama’s health-care law.
By mid-November, the 14 state-based marketplaces reported data showing enrollment has nearly doubled from last month, jumping to about 150,000 from 79,000, according to state and federal statistics. The nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, which has been tracking the data, called the most recent numbers “a November enrollment surge.”
The latest figures from the state-run exchanges, combined with totals on the federal exchange, bring the national number to at least 176,000.
One wonders how much of the "surge" is due to the change in crtieria to just needing to have Obamacare in one's checkout cart. Either way, even if one believes the propaganda, and it is unclear why anyone would after the endless barrage of lies in the past 5 years, "while the pace of enrollments increased this month, sign-ups are still well below early projections."
A far bigger problem beyond simple propaganda is that once again just like with jobs, it is a quality not quantity issue something which central-planning regimes everywhere are unable to grasp - as reported before, if only older, treatment "troubled" individuals sign up and younger Americans skip the healthcare experiment, the outcome would be even worse than if Obamacare had not been unleashed as the Ponzi Scheme (by definition) is critically reliant on younger payors who don't extract more from the system than they put in, at least not early on. Then again, what is central-planning without propaganda:
Some of the state exchanges are seeing the pace of enrollment pick up daily. California has been out in front; the state’s enrollments have grown steadily in November and now account for nearly half of all health law sign-ups. The state has had its strongest two weeks of enrollment this month.
“We’re seeing much larger numbers than we expected,” Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee told reporters this week.
Sure you are. Because since actions still speak louder than propaganda, we can only assume that the resignation of the official charged with launching Hawaii's troubled ObamaCare insurance exchange will resign next month, according to multiple reports. From The Hill:
Coral Andrews, the executive director of Hawaii Health Connector, is the first marketplace director to leave her post since Oct. 1, when the exchanges launched. The Hawaii Health Connector went live on Oct. 15 due to software problems and had only enrolled 257 people in its first month of operation, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser.
Andrews will reportedly depart on Dec. 6 and be replaced on an interim basis by Tom Matsuda, who headed up ObamaCare's implementation in the state. "I am honored to have been a part of implementing part of the Affordable Care Act for the people of Hawaii,” Andrews said in a statement.
Expect increasingly more resignations as the Obamacare "surge" continues.
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Just put the Head Clown on TV offering $1000 sign up bonuses. The FSA needs a Christmas present.
syntax The free shit army does not have the need to apply online, they alreadyhave medicaid for FREE. Nothing changes for the FSA in any way. When the roll out for Ozerocare started that was my first query- Do the parasites have to pay for coverage now? THE ANSWER WAS A RESOUNDING....NO. Boy was I disappointed.
From Camelot to Scamalot... (who digs it when Reggie Love plays "Back-door Jamalot")... From the White Prince to the Dark Mulatto Douchebag. Quite a contrast, eh, Ms. Wasserman-Shitz???
I can't listen to "Baby Love" with out substituting "Reggie Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23UkIkwy5ZM
`I just saw my electrician - working on Saturday of course. He is getting a subsidy somehow? There is gonna be so much hookey going on that 16k new IRS agent ain't gonna be near enough of a start. Its Free Shit!
Acorn will just triple enroll people going door to door using their Obama phone.
Chatted with obummers unaffordable care noddy called billy and he conformed the following
We are setting up these companies now to help SME's offshore
solutions at ukasiagroup dot biz
[4:33:35 pm]: Thanks for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. Please wait while we connect you to someone who can help.
[4:33:38 pm]: ferc i want some information [4:33:40 pm]: Please be patient while we're helping other people. [4:33:44 pm]: Welcome! You're now connected to Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat.Thanks for contacting us. My name is Billy. To protect your privacy, please don't provide any personal information, like Social Security Number, or any other sensitive medical or personal information.
[4:34:02 pm]: ferc dont worry im not stupid [4:34:44 pm]: Billy What can I assist you with today? [4:35:01 pm]: ferc I currently have 67 employees [4:35:18 pm]: ferc I am firing all of them at the end of next month [4:35:18 pm]: ferc I am firing all of them at the end of next month [4:35:18 pm]: ferc I am firing all of them at the end of next month [4:35:18 pm]: ferc I am firing all of them at the end of next month [4:35:42 pm]: ferc I have set up an offsdhore company with foreign directors [4:36:05 pm]: ferc and registered overseas and that company will employ all the staff I am firing [4:36:38 pm]: ferc That offshore company is setting up a new health plan through Llloyds of London. for thier new staff [4:37:17 pm]: ferc Do those staff still have to get coverage as i will not be providing it and they working for an overseas company come january [4:37:45 pm]: Billy No. [4:37:52 pm]: Billy Do you have any other questions that I can help you with? [4:38:12 pm]: ferc so thats nme out from the obummer care plan then [4:38:20 pm]: Billy Thank you for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. We are here to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. [4:38:39 pm]: ferc as i will also be contracted to work at the overseas company toomy next Chat with obummers unaffordable care noddy called Ciara and he confirmed the following
We are setting up these companies now to help SME's offshore
solutions at ukasiagroup dot biz
[4:42:38 pm]: Thanks for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. Please wait while we connect you to someone who can help. [4:42:43 pm]: Please be patient while we're helping other people. [4:42:52 pm]: Welcome! You're now connected to Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat.Thanks for contacting us. My name is Ciara. To protect your privacy, please don't provide any personal information, like Social Security Number, or any other sensitive medical or personal information.
[4:43:08 pm]: Ciara How can I help you today? [4:43:30 pm]: ferc hello Ciara I am looking for some information I am self employed and have a plan to shut my business dow next month [4:44:11 pm]: ferc I have set up an offshore company which is in a foreign jurisdiction and entirely regulated overseas [4:44:38 pm]: ferc that company will employ in Januar and provide me with health cover supplied through Llloyds of london [4:45:07 pm]: ferc as i will have world wide coverage from that do I still need to have any other plan [4:46:03 pm]: Ciara That's a good question, give me just a minute to look into it for you. [4:46:09 pm]: ferc ok [4:52:20 pm]: Ciara I do not have a lot of information on how world wide insurance deals with the Marketplace so I am going to escalate your question to a specialist to make certain you get accurate information. They will give you a call back withint 2 to 5 business days and be able to assist you with your question. All I need in order to do that is a phone number and preferred call back time. [4:53:25 pm]: ferc you wont be able to ontact me by phone as I will be away email is better [4:53:57 pm]: ferc you can email at this email address manloloko7@gmailcom [4:54:01 pm]: Ciara Unfortunately we do not contact people via email we only do call backs. [4:54:22 pm]: ferc so how do i contact you again [4:54:34 pm]: ferc when you get the information [4:54:53 pm]: ferc Actually that was only the first part of my query as i do have a second part [4:55:24 pm]: ferc thats involves the company I am a shareholder of, and has 88 employees [4:56:10 pm]: Ciara Okay, I would be happy to answer your next question for you. [4:57:04 pm]: ferc ok with regard to that company we have discussed and agreed with the employees that the company will be sold to another new off shore corporation [4:57:28 pm]: ferc and they will all lose the jobs at the company in the US and hired by the off shore company [4:58:31 pm]: ferc the Health cover plan being set up will also cover all the former employees of the company in the US which will be liquidated in january. [4:59:05 pm]: ferc It will be done through the same worldwide health care plan issued through Llloyds of London [4:59:21 pm]: Ciara To answer your earlier question I think I found something that applies. If you have coverage from a job (or a family member’s job), you're considered covered and won’t have to pay the fee that uninsured people must pay. So because you will be covered by a job even if that job is not in the US. [4:59:35 pm]: ferc and held by the new offshore company. [4:59:46 pm]: ferc I asume they will have no need of any other plan [5:00:22 pm]: Ciara I believe the same standard would apply to them. [5:01:08 pm]: Ciara Does that answer question today? [5:01:13 pm]: ferc Ok Thank you.. It would appear then this structure will now effectively get the company and myself from under the ACA quite legally [5:01:37 pm]: Ciara Is there anything else I can help you with? [5:01:51 pm]: ferc thats all for today thank you [5:01:57 pm]: Ciara Thank you for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. We are here to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Has anyone considered the fact that even if they GOT the system working right, many of the people it is targeted at do not have a computer and are not the least bit computer literate even to use one at a library? They don't have email accounts or even know how to set one up. If homeless, they don't have an address to tag a policy to. If the software requires you fill in a Phone Number (and most do though I have not tried the Obamacare site), many people at the bottom end don't have one, cell phone or landline.
The whole idea presupposes EVERYBODY is wired to the net, and EVERYBODY can negotiate a website like this with all the details it asks for about your life and identity.
Beyond that, it presupposes people who currently cannot meet their bills would sign up for an Insurance Policy at ANY PRICE. If I am dead broke, can't pay the mortgage etc, I am not going to sign up for any policy that doesn't come FREE!
Stupidity beyond belief here.
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Anyone consider the insured are 70% more likely to be diagnosed with a fartal (typo I know but I left it) disease? Sign up and you're certain to get cancer.