Kathianne
10-05-2013, 01:38 PM
Down for the weekend, after a dismal week:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_INTERVIEW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-05-10-19-50
Oct 5, 11:44 AM EDT
Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups
By JULIE PACE
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government.
Obama said public interest far exceeded the government's expectations, causing technology glitches that thwarted millions of Americans when trying to use government-run health care websites.
"Folks are working around the clock and have been systematically reducing the wait times," he said.
The federal gateway website was taken down for repairs over the weekend, again hindering people from signing up for insurance.
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I love Blitzer's simple observation:
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/10/05/wolf-blitzer-obamacare-website-shutdown-embarrassment-for-administration-84685
...“An embarrassment for the administration,” Blitzer stated. “Hopefully, they’ll get all those glitches out of the way by Monday, if possible. They’ve only had three years to get ready for this roll out.”
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and the one found claiming to have enrolled himself and father, well looks like he lied. Oh yeah, also involved with Organizing for America...
http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/04/obamacare-chad-henderson-father
<hgroup> UPDATED: Obamacare Poster Boy Chad Henderson and His Dad Didn't Really Buy Insurance An exclusive Reason.com interview with Bill Henderson. </hgroup> Peter Suderman (http://reason.com/people/peter-suderman/all) | October 4, 2013
UPDATED at 2.54pm ET: Scroll to end of this article for the latest development in this story. After speaking directly with Chad Henderson, The Washington Post has confirmed that he has not in fact enrolled in a health-care plan.
Chad Henderson is the media’s poster boy for Obamacare. Reporters struggled this week to find individuals who said they had been able to enroll in one of the law’s 36 federally run health-insurance exchanges.
That changed yesterday, when they found Henderson, a 21-year-old student and part-time child-care worker who lives in Georgia and says that he successfully enrolled himself and his father Bill in insurance plans via the online exchange administered at healthcare.gov (http://healthcare.gov/).
But in an exclusive phone interview this morning with Reason, Chad's father Bill contradicted virtually every major detail of the story the media can't get enough of. What's more, some of the details that Chad has released are also at odds with published rate schedules and how Obamacare officials say the enrollment system works.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_INTERVIEW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-05-10-19-50
Oct 5, 11:44 AM EDT
Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups
By JULIE PACE
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government.
Obama said public interest far exceeded the government's expectations, causing technology glitches that thwarted millions of Americans when trying to use government-run health care websites.
"Folks are working around the clock and have been systematically reducing the wait times," he said.
The federal gateway website was taken down for repairs over the weekend, again hindering people from signing up for insurance.
...
I love Blitzer's simple observation:
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/10/05/wolf-blitzer-obamacare-website-shutdown-embarrassment-for-administration-84685
...“An embarrassment for the administration,” Blitzer stated. “Hopefully, they’ll get all those glitches out of the way by Monday, if possible. They’ve only had three years to get ready for this roll out.”
...
and the one found claiming to have enrolled himself and father, well looks like he lied. Oh yeah, also involved with Organizing for America...
http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/04/obamacare-chad-henderson-father
<hgroup> UPDATED: Obamacare Poster Boy Chad Henderson and His Dad Didn't Really Buy Insurance An exclusive Reason.com interview with Bill Henderson. </hgroup> Peter Suderman (http://reason.com/people/peter-suderman/all) | October 4, 2013
UPDATED at 2.54pm ET: Scroll to end of this article for the latest development in this story. After speaking directly with Chad Henderson, The Washington Post has confirmed that he has not in fact enrolled in a health-care plan.
Chad Henderson is the media’s poster boy for Obamacare. Reporters struggled this week to find individuals who said they had been able to enroll in one of the law’s 36 federally run health-insurance exchanges.
That changed yesterday, when they found Henderson, a 21-year-old student and part-time child-care worker who lives in Georgia and says that he successfully enrolled himself and his father Bill in insurance plans via the online exchange administered at healthcare.gov (http://healthcare.gov/).
But in an exclusive phone interview this morning with Reason, Chad's father Bill contradicted virtually every major detail of the story the media can't get enough of. What's more, some of the details that Chad has released are also at odds with published rate schedules and how Obamacare officials say the enrollment system works.
...