this can not be correct. CBS reports that on 1 Oct. 6 people were able
to sign up for ACA.
I understand they had/have problems with the site, which is an entirely different discussion.
but how much money was poured into this website, and 6 people
were able to sign up for insurance.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57610328/obamacare-early-enrollment-numbers-very-small-documents-show/
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - For 31 days now, the Obama administration has been telling us that Americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance website, despite all its problems.
But no one in the administration has been willing to tell us how many policies have been purchased, and this may be the reason: CBS News has learned enrollments got off to an incredibly slow start.
Early enrollment figures are contained in notes from twice-a-day "war room" meetings convened within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after the website failed on Oct. 1. They were turned over in response to a document request from the House Oversight Committee.
The website launched on a Tuesday. Publicly, the government said there were 4.7 million unique visits in the first 24 hours. But at a meeting Wednesday morning, the war room notes say "six enrollments have occurred so far."
They were with BlueCross BlueShield North Carolina and Kansas City, CareSource and Healthcare Service Corporation.
By Wednesday afternoon, enrollments were up to "approximately 100." By the end of Wednesday, the notes reflect "248 enrollments" nationwide.
The health care exchanges need to average 39,000 enrollees a day to meet the goal of seven million by March 1. The war room notes give a glimpse into some of the reasons customers had problems:
"Direct enrollment (signing up directly on an insurer's website) is not working for any issuers."
"Experian" credit reporting agency is "creating confusion with credit check information."
"Issuer phone numbers are not appearing correctly on the Pay Now page."
more at the link.
someone tell me this is BS.
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And the "horror" coming from a bunch of Republican politicians with zero background in Internet point of sales, technology, or database marketing is quite apparent.
I work for a major wireless carrier. I've launched 57 phones, relaunched outside of the US services as a product manager, and now I'm in finance in Business controls. Prior to this company I had 13 years in marketing in telecom and ISP - services and equipment.
I would have loved it if the LG Chocolate or GzOne had completely crashed our Internet point of sale. It's a good problem to have. It means people want your product. A three week backlog in iPhones is a good thing too. So - we have a backlog. Give people more time to take advantage of the "introductory offer" (Fed Gov has) and then sit back a year from now and look at lessons learned on your way to success.
I watched Marcia Blackburn TRY to grill the tech Execs last week and kept 
. She's obviously never worked in an those industries or adjacent to them and didn't even know the correct terminology! 
What an idiot! Where the hell was Warner - I know he's a Senator - but at least he knows how everything connects on the back end.
