President to Showcase Affordable Care Act
All eyes were on the problem-plagued Obamacare website Monday after the administration said it would smoothly handle most users following its botched launch two months earlier.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that 375,000 visitors went to HealthCare.gov by 12 noon ET, almost half the total daily capacity of 800,000 that officials announced Sunday as a result of a round-the-clock effort to fix the site.
However, Carney provided no details about how many of those visitors were able to sign on and enroll in insurance exchanges set up under President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms.
Today, the White House is launching a three-week campaign that will try to refocus the public on the benefits of Obamacare.
President Obama will try to use his pitch to get past the glitches and remind people about the program instead of just the website, reports CNN’s Brianna Keilar.
This after new function created in the latest technological overhaul completed Sunday put people trying to sign up in an online waiting queue if capacity exceeded demand. They could wait until their turn came to enter the system, or ask to receive an e-mail when they could try again at the front of the line.
Three CNN journalists who attempted to sign on Monday ended up in the new queue around midday and then two hours later. Their wait lasted a few minutes before they received a prompt on their screen to proceed with enrollment.
Later in the day, users proceeded directly to enrollment without waiting, indicating reduced volume at the end of the afternoon, as officials had predicted.
Having declared the site working as intended on Sunday, the administration effectively painted a target on it for detractors led by conservative Republicans, who will look for any anecdotal evidence of continued problems with the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
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LOL. The logon page isn't even working right now. And these are the same people who think they know what is best for me.
Getting on the site is not the problem now. The problem is with what the Affordable Healthcare Act offers.
I am 64 years old, in good health. The only plan offered in Alabama is Humana, apx $750 per month, $6300 deductible. No prescription coverage, generic or otherwise, no dental or vision coverage. It does offer pediatric dental and vision coverage, which would be great if I had kids. I can not afford this and I don't know what I am going to do.
Recently, I received a letter from my insurance company informing me of two ACA fees (read: “taxes”, IMHO) being assessed on my plan. One is the Annual Fee on Health Insurers and the other is the Transitional Reinsurance Program Contribution Fee, both of which will add another $180.00 to my annual premiums.
Thanks, Obama!!!
Has CNN done some research on socialized medicine by interviewing Canadians about our healthcare?
I am a Canadian living in the US, but talk to my family and friends about healthcare in Canada.
One example: I have a family member who desperately needs an MRI to find out what's going on with shoulder pain and lack of movement in his shoulder. His Doctor requested an appointment for MRI and after waiting 3 weeks with no communication at all, he received his appointment time in the mail: he needs to wait for 5 months!!!