Sorry I've just got to say it.....A Public Option would have avoided most of this crap

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122. Actually, you did choose a plan.

You chose the default one.

And while you did not have to enter that choice into a computer, someone else did. And when you go to the doctor, they gotta enter your information somewhere in order to get paid by HHS. And so on, and so on.

Medicare-D was a relatively small addition to Medicare - For example, the people were already "in the system" instead of having to sign up. It still went wrong for a while, just like all new programs do. Medicare did when it was first rolled out. So did Social Security.

In any sufficiently complex endeavour, something will go wrong. Right now, there's some people blowing up the problems the ACA is having for political gain. But they won't tell you that the sign-ups are going at about the same rate as in Massachusetts when they rolled out their system.