The Media Is Forced to Admit That The Obamacare Website is Fixed

[babylonsister]

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/11/30/media-finally-catches-aca-website-fixed.html

The Media Is Forced to Admit That The Obamacare Website is Fixed
By: Jason Easley
Saturday, November, 30th, 2013, 5:08 pm



Little by little the media is finally realizing what many of us have known for weeks, the ACA website is fixed and people are signing up.

The New York Times is reporting that the ACA website is much improved,

As the Obama administration’s weekend deadline for a smoothly functioning online marketplace for health insurance arrives, more than a month of frantic repair work is paying off with fewer crashes and error messages and speedier loading of pages, according to government officials, groups that help people enroll and experts involved in the project.
…

Although the administration has postponed a December marketing campaign, fearful that the site would collapse under a surge in traffic, five weeks of repair work have clearly made the exchange better. From last Sunday to Tuesday, nearly 20,000 users managed to enroll in insurance plans, the most for a three-day period, according to people familiar with the project. By comparison, fewer than 27,000 users picked an insurance plan on the federal site in the entire month of October.

And pages that once took an average of eight seconds to load now show up in a fraction of a second. The rate at which a user sees an error message has also dropped from about 6 percent to 0.75 percent.

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As the vastly improved enrollment numbers come in, the media will have no choice but to admit that the ACA is working. Once they admit that people do want access to affordable health insurance, they will never talk about it again.

There is an onslaught of mainstream media hand wringing coming, but the truth is that people are getting and liking their Obamacare. The Republican Party and our disgraceful mainstream press were both wrong.

The ACA could be the crowning gem of Barack Obama’s presidential legacy.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. Yeah, but, like most new websites ...

... and most old ones, too, HealthCare.gov will continue to be tuned, improved, protected. Anyone involved in such improvement will be subject to House committee interrogation for trying to cover up the "fact" that it was not ready on 12/1.

Republicans will stay on this like a dog on a bone. It's another Benghazi to be brought up again and again through 2014 and 2016 election cycles.

So even if it's fixed, it ain't fixed. Not in Repub eyes.



I hope it stands up to the coming TeaBagger Denial-of-Service attacks. Kochs can afford some pretty good hackers.

[cheapdate]

28. Count on it like flies at a picnic. n/t

[nikto]

33. Kochs can afford some pretty good hackers.

Kochs can afford some pretty good hackers.

















F.A.C.T.

[SunSeeker]

39. Who needs al Qeada to attack us when we have the Kochs? nt

[KansDem]

47. Hmmmmm...

"al Kocha"?

[napkinz]

2. "The ACA could be the crowning gem of Barack Obama’s presidential legacy."

[freshwest]

22. LOL!

[Cha]

3. Again, the US corporatemediwhore$ left in the

dust.

thanks babylonsistah!

[Orrex]

4. I can hear NPR freaking out about how to fill its air time

When you run full-time on "the website debacle," you don't leave yourself much to work with once the site is fixed.

[tofuandbeer]

5. :D

[hopemountain]

14. oh, scot simon the wannabe cool guy

had plenty of dripping disdain and sarcasm in his voice and tone this morning for all of the right including himself. his arrogance is beyond bowing down and dishing out some respect for folks who are applying.

[MsPithy]

23. True, true, true!

[NBachers]

43. National rePublican Radio- I hate 'em more than the others, for the way they've betrayed us

The sight or sound of Cokie Roberts makes me literally sick to my stomach.

[KansDem]

48. I gave up on NPR during the 2000 campaign...

When Cokie reported on the "Bush Charm Offensive."

She said Bush would get things done in DC because of his charm.

I thought, "What the Hell? Is this a 'news story'?"

Oh, and he liked to give out nicknames, too!

On edit: And more Americans wanted to have a beer with George than with Al.

[a kennedy]

51. OMGosh, I know, she just has this "better then you" attitude all the time, but it's much worse when

talking about the POTUS. Ugh..... she comes on, I turn the channel. Ugh....

[pangaia]

62. Just watch her eyes when she talks, they flitter and flutter as her nose goes up in the air..

both of which reveal she feels uncomfortable with what she is saying.

[Beartracks]

83. Nah, just go all "Baghdad Bob" and maintain the illusion.

Surely, they can find one person in 10,000 or so who experienced a glitch somewhere on the site, and continue to trumpet the "failure."

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[moondust]

6. Not all of them.

CNN is still questioning whether it will work or not by the deadline and if it will drive the President's approval ratings down EVEN FURTHER!! GASP!!

How does that work exactly? If the companies working on it screw up or sabotage it the media are quick to blame the President and try to drive his approval numbers down? Nice! How about laying the blame where it belongs--with those companies?

[gtar100]

8. They will move onto other matters... probably only giving a peep about it being fixed.

Another demonstrative reason to just turn those fuckers off. Why spend a single moment giving attention to people willing to deceive us and prevent us from getting something as basic as health care. Psychopaths all of them.

[freshwest]

24. +1,000

[Stevepol]

32. The next thing they'll give their attention to will be

how it's going to be impossible to get enough young people to sign up to make sure the ACA can pay for itself.

Then, the next thing they will give their attention to will be . . . (Wait till I check with Fox News).

[nikto]

35. Um, it's called...

A Right-Wing Conspiracy.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

41. yes. remeber when Hilary identified it 15 or so years ago? and she was mocked...

She was telling the truth.

Kochs $$$$$$ Heritage Foundation $$$$$$ Americans for Prosperity $$$$$$ Bob Perry (huge donator to repuke governors association and financed the Swiftboat attacks on Kerry) $$$$$$ Rupert Murdoch $$$$$$$

And a host of other riech wing billionaires and their foundations....

[noiretextatique]

58. A VAST right wing conspiracy

Is what she called it, and she was ridiculed for stating the obvious truth.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

71. yep. WE knew she was stating a fact.

A very disturbing fact.

[nikto]

80. Wealthy, connected GOPers/Conservatives spending big buck$...

...and pulling strings behind-the-scene to distort news reports and bend the political system against
The People is not a Conspiracy.


But 3 Liberals having a beer together--That's a Conspiracy!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

81. LOL!!!!!

You're exactly right. Nailed it!!!

[vinny9698]

7. The real reason Ted Cruz wants to defund ACA

People will enjoy the benefits and it will become as popular as SS and Medicare

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[LiberalElite]

9. This headline from Fuks Nooz 4 minutes ago:

"Officials say ObamaCare site 'performing well' on improvements deadline day"
But wait - What's that sound? Right wing heads popping????? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Major Hogwash]

10. This will cause their heads to 'splode on Faux Snooze!!!

Not that there will be any brains splattered around, though.

[freshwest]

25. hehehe

[calimary]

30. No, unfortunately it won't. But I sure wish it would!

[bluestate10]

31. "Not that there will be any brains splattered around, though"

Can't splatter something that doesn't exist.

[mimi85]

67. Good one!

Not even the Wizard could give any of this bunch a brain.

[valerief]

11. the media will say whatever it's paid to say, the truth be damned. nt

[dchill]

12. K & R.

[glowing]

13. The only thing the website fail did was take the talking points off

Of the Pugs $25 billion dollar shutdown fiasco over repealing the damned thing.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. There's always Benghazi

what will the media talk about next?:

[freshwest]

26. Sung to the music of 'Maria, I once met a girl named Marie-ah!'

[mdbl]

16. They have spewed so many falsehoods,

the media and the rethuglicons couldn't even begin to figure out what the truth is. Of course, the teabaggers don't want to know the truth anyway.

[mikekohr]

17. Just yesterday I read an article that said the site would NOT be ready to go at month's end

?

[freshwest]

18. Not to worry, they'll think some other bullshit outrage to prattle on about. It pays so well...

[napkinz]

19. they'll go back to ...

[bluestate10]

34. as Lindsay Grahm would say "Bee_en_gauzi" before he doses off. nt

[nikto]

36. But under Lindsay's desk...

His legs are in a wide stance.

[bluestate10]

38. He keeps a roll of toilet paper close, just in case.nt

[napkinz]

60. Republicans need to be reminded ...

[JaneyVee]

20. BENGHAZI !!!!!

[SHRED]

21. soon the insurance companies will advertise it

They want the business in the health exchanges. At that point it is game over for those lying repukes.

[cheapdate]

29. I think you're right and I believe that's already starting to happen.

[SoapBox]

27. Oh I know....

Now they can move on to whining about the site for "small business".

[bluestate10]

37. Republicans and their Media ass lickers will accuse the Obama Administration of spiking

the ball in the end zone. Republicans and the Media are unethical bastards who are always looking for what is wrong, never the myriad of things that are right or damned near perfect - they are nothing but a bunch of fucking losers.

[lostincalifornia]

40. No they are not. Just look at the stories being reported right now on Yahoo. 90% of them are

negative against the ACA

No matter how successful the ACA, the media will do everything in their power to try and derail it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

42. local LA news had positive story, showed newly enrolled praising site

[Rex]

44. All I got to say to the corporate media is

[MADem]

45. +++++++1,000,000! nt

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Um, Er, Ah.... BENGHAZIIIZIZIZIIZIIZI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Enthusiast]

49. I wouldn't expect to hear anything good from Fox "News".

But they're idiots, so.....

[druidity33]

50. So 47,000 Americans are now covered under ACA?

Or does this number not include Medicaid expansion? I thought there was going to be 30 Million more insured?

[CJCRANE]

52. It's been available for almost exactly one month.

So you expect one million people to be registered per day?



How many decades have people been waiting for this?

And you expect it to be resolved in one month?

[druidity33]

53. well, no...

but at this rate it would take 100 years (at 100,000 a month from now on, it would take 25 years to hit that 30 million mark). I'm just wondering if the numbers in this article include the expansion figures. And yes i recognize more would be helped/enrolled if the Supremes hadn't given States the opt out.

Honestly i don't really have any "expectations" about this law. I think it will help us get closer to Honest Healthcare in this country, at least i hope it will.

[mikekohr]

55. But it won't proceed "at this rate."

The growth will not be a flat climb up. There will be a steep spike and expotential growth based on the Massachusetts example upon which this plan is based.
And yes, I agree, this is a big first step towards universal health care.

[druidity33]

56. ah, i have not seen that analysis...

any chance you might have a link? I live in MA and have been relatively happy with the system here. I was not here when they implemented "Romneycare", but as i understand it also suffered from a rocky start and only after some adjustments did it become generally accepted. I did follow the OP link to the original article and it stated they estimate the number to have signed up by Feb? 2014 to be over 1 million, but they were hoping to have as much as 7 mil signed on by then. So that at least is far better than the "current rate". Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed that the ACA doesn't see any more "setbacks". Cheers.

[Gothmog]

54. This makes me smile

[UTUSN]

57. R#125 & K n/t

[napkinz]

59. kick

nt

[SCVDem]

61. OMG! Changes to the site?!

Can anyone show me a website still operating on V 1.0?

Even DU is up to 3 major renovations.

I think the Repubs are operating with a 14K modem!

[cynzke]

63. Prepare for the next onslaught....

The expense hype. ACA will be more expensive for some people (at first)....but that is compared to the junk policy premiums prior to ACA. Many people just don't understand that they had crap, so insurance companies could be generous with cheap premiums. The right wing media and GOP are going to exploit these increases as much as possible. They are already claiming people can't afford the new plans (especially those who don't qualify for subsidies). But, if insurance companies have out priced their consumer market with the new ACA plans, they will be adjusting their prices. There is going to be a lot of competition come 2014.

[napkinz]

64. W.H.: Obamacare site now works for 'vast majority'

By BRETT NORMAN and JENNIFER HABERKORN
12/1/13

The Obama administration said Sunday that it achieved its goal of making HealthCare.gov work for the “vast majority” of users after the disastrous start of enrollment in the president’s signature health law.

The Obamacare website will be able to support more than 800,000 consumers per day, the administration said. And the site is now online more than 90 percent of the time, not including scheduled downtime for maintenance.

These are huge improvements for a site that was up an average of 43 percent of the time in October, crashing frequently, spewing error messages, thwarting millions of people who tried to visit it.

“The bottom line: HealthCare.gov on Dec. 1st is night and day from where it was on Oct. 1st,” Jeff Zients, the management expert steering the repair mission, told reporters Sunday morning.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/obamacare-website-update-100494.html

[itsrobert]

65. KUSI SAN DIEGO reported it still has glitches

They didn't say what they are.

[SCVDem]

66. California Cares is not Obamacare.

You can't access the ACA when you enter a California zip.

[DCBob]

68. If the media had any journalistic integrity they would re-interview those RW tech "experts"..

who said it couldn't be fixed.

[dipsydoodle]

69. I assume you mean mended.

Outside of the US can also mean rigged.

[adieu]

70. I wouldn't consider the ACA as

"The ACA could be the crowning gem of Barack Obama’s presidential legacy."

It's a piece of crap patched together legislation that gave far too much to the GOP in exchange for votes that never materialized. It was way over-compromised and is based on a system created by the Heritage Foundation, which puts ideology before intelligence.

Still, it is a decent piece of legislative work and is the first step towards a single payer solution.

The next step is to demonstrate how utterly useless the insurance companies are in provide health care when there's a perfectly acceptable alternative that's cheaper and provides better service for the amount of money spent: either the Medicare program or an extension of the VA program to all citizens.

Time marches on and the health insurance industry will be the 21st century's horse and buggy industry.

[TekGryphon]

72. Damn, Politicus is such a garbate site :(

Every single time I click on a link to them I get popups and other garbage. What is this, 1998?

I don't know how we're supposed to be expected to trust the journalistic ability of an organization that, when it comes to web design, puts their pants over their heads when they wake up every morning.

[spanone]

73. i see very little admission that the website is working....

[napkinz]

74. Time gets it wrong, BIG TIME!

posted by sheshe2

"Have you seen Time Magazines new cover? I just saw it at the checkout."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024121166


Time = FAIL!

[spanone]

75. NO i had not seen that. good god almighty. the media is full on pray for failure.

[napkinz]

76. don't expect an apology

which is what the media owe the people

(You think Time will put out an issue in the next couple of months saying "We blew it" on the cover?)

[spanone]

77. 60 Minutes and now Time. our media is broken. compromised. political.

biased. useless.

[napkinz]

78. ahhh, 60 Minutes ...

[RedstDem]

79. according to fox, its still broke

[oldandhappy]

82. The coverage has been endless speculation. Usual for cable.

I have started using Sarah's term 'lame stream press' in some instances. Really people, there is a world out there.

Europe is a great place to live these days. I am too old for the language challenges, but they speak English in lots of big cities.