Obama administration officials said earlier today that
healthcare.gov can now handle 20,000 to 25,000 users at a time. And the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent 275,000 emails to those particularly
interested in Obamacare, asking them to try the website again.
healthcare.gov can now handle 20,000 to 25,000 users at a time. And the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent 275,000 emails to those particularly
interested in Obamacare, asking them to try the website again.
Yet, it appears that Obamacare is about to blow through
another deadline – and break another promise.
another deadline – and break another promise.
The Washington Post is reporting that the White House pledge
that the website would be fixed by the end of this month is likely going to
bite the president in the butt.
that the website would be fixed by the end of this month is likely going to
bite the president in the butt.
A Post story today said, “software problems with
the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high
volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by
the end of the month as the White House has promised, according to an official
with knowledge of the project.”
the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high
volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by
the end of the month as the White House has promised, according to an official
with knowledge of the project.”
With two more contentious House hearings on
healthcare.gov problems taking place today on Capitol Hill, some pundits are
already predicting that failure to get the site working smoothly by Dec. 1
would be a major blow to President Obama.
healthcare.gov problems taking place today on Capitol Hill, some pundits are
already predicting that failure to get the site working smoothly by Dec. 1
would be a major blow to President Obama.
The Post’s Ezra Klein wrote on his Wonkblog that he’s
pessimistic about healthcare.gov receiving a clean bill of health on Dec. 1. He
added that the impact on the law could be two-fold. How’s that?
pessimistic about healthcare.gov receiving a clean bill of health on Dec. 1. He
added that the impact on the law could be two-fold. How’s that?
“The answer depends on two things. First, does the White House’s
evident inability to repair the website in a timely fashion (or even, at this
point, an untimely fashion) lead congressional Democrats to panic and support
bills — like a yearlong delay in the individual mandate — that make it harder
for the law to succeed even once its digital infrastructure is fixed?
evident inability to repair the website in a timely fashion (or even, at this
point, an untimely fashion) lead congressional Democrats to panic and support
bills — like a yearlong delay in the individual mandate — that make it harder
for the law to succeed even once its digital infrastructure is fixed?
“The second question, of
course, is how far off-schedule the White House really is. If healthcare.gov is
working smoothly for the majority of users on December 1 but
it only works smoothly for the “vast majority” of users on December 15, that won’t matter much. If the website
remains more or less unusable into 2014, that’s obviously a much bigger problem
for the law.”
course, is how far off-schedule the White House really is. If healthcare.gov is
working smoothly for the majority of users on December 1 but
it only works smoothly for the “vast majority” of users on December 15, that won’t matter much. If the website
remains more or less unusable into 2014, that’s obviously a much bigger problem
for the law.”
