One of the things the GOP sought during the “shutdown” was a delay in the individual mandate. Obama should have given it to them.
They knew the website was going to fail and fail early:
Days before the launch of President Obama’s online health insurance marketplace, government officials and contractors tested a key part of the Web site to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of consumers at the same time. It crashed after a simulation in which just a few hundred people tried to log on simultaneously.
Despite the failed test, federal health officials plowed ahead.
When the Web site went live Oct. 1, it locked up shortly after midnight as about 2,000 users attempted to complete the first step, according to two people familiar with the project.
And don’t you blame anyone in the regime!
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Sibelius said Obama was clueless:
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama didn’t know about the problems with the Affordable Care Act’s website – despite complaints from insurance companies and the site’s crashing during a test run – until days into its now well-documented abysmal launch, the nation’s health chief told CNN on Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admitted Tuesday that there is significant concern in her department and the White House over the technical debacle surrounding the Obamacare website’s rollout. The site was supposed to make it simple for people to search and sign-up for new health care policies starting on October 1, but instead it’s been clunky and, at times, inoperable.
“We’re not at all satisfied with the workings of the website,” Sebelius said. “We want it to be smooth and easy and let consumers’ compare plans.”
Sure he didn’t know. Obama always gets the credit but never, ever takes any of the blame.
Three years and the regime did not know what it wanted:
Adding to the growing list of reasons for the failure in the Obamacare website rollout. CNN’s Joe Johns reports that the government did not know what they wanted from the website. The report concludes that the government “ kept changing the goal post…making it difficult for contractors to deliver a product.”
The heat is getting so bad that Jay Carney walked out of the kitchen.
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And in a few months someone might even be held accountable for this mess!
On Monday’s NBC Nightly News, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd parroted laughable Obama administration talking points regarding who was to blame for the disastrous rollout of the ObamaCare website: “…nobody in the West Wing feels that this is an administrative error, that this is a competency issue….But in a few months, if they find incompetency, I’m told nothing should be ruled out.”
IF they find incompetency???? Astonishing. Absolutely astonishing.
The great irony of this is that had Obama given the GOP the delay they sought they could have hidden their galactic incompetence. Instead, obstinance and hubris won. Obama won the shutdown battle and his prize was the country discovering just how incompetent he is.
Congratulations, Barack!
UPDATE
Website glitches could end up accomplishing what congressional Republicans couldn’t.
The Obama administration remains committed to getting Obamacare up and running on time, but the White House this week left itself enough wiggle room if it decides it must delay the mandate that everyone have health insurance — a centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act — if consumers continue to have problems signing up.
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Except for liberals being foolish.