PPACA Boondoggle - Page 3

BlueStreak · #1 10-10-2013, 10:19 AM

Ah, I see. I didn't get that error.

I got a "System busy/not available. Try again later.", message.

GAW!

piece-itpete · #2 10-10-2013, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by whell

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"It's not even close. It's not even ready for beta testing for my book. I would be ashamed and embarrassed if my organization delivered something like that," he said.

Dayyyyyum, he's flaying them. We're here from the government, and we're here to help

Pete

icenine · #3 10-10-2013, 10:26 AM

mpholland · #4 10-10-2013, 10:31 AM

For the time being, I have no desire or need to visit the site. I really don't understand why the Government doesn't contract this type of stuff out to private industry though. They can usually do a better job for less money.

donquixote99 · #5 10-10-2013, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by mpholland

For the time being, I have no desire or need to visit the site. I really don't understand why the Government doesn't contract this type of stuff out to private industry though. They can usually do a better job for less money.

Oh they did, undoubtedly.

BlueStreak · #6 10-10-2013, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mpholland

For the time being, I have no desire or need to visit the site. I really don't understand why the Government doesn't contract this type of stuff out to private industry though. They can usually do a better job for less money.

That's just the thing. As I understand it, they usually do. They probably hired the lowest bidder and paid way too much anyways.

mpholland · #7 10-10-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

That's just the thing. As I understand it, they usually do. They probably hired the lowest bidder and paid way too much anyways.

I wonder if that goes through an Astronaut's mind at launch?

whell · #8 10-10-2013, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

That's just the thing. As I understand it, they usually do. They probably hired the lowest bidder and paid way too much anyways.

The info about who did the web site programming work on healthcare.gov is contained in the links I posted.

icenine · #9 10-10-2013, 11:31 AM

You guys are the same ones that want single payer?

lol

whell · #10 10-10-2013, 03:40 PM

I've posted on this before in detail in the forum on other paths that this country could have taken to Obamacare. If your question is more specific to solutions to the web site issue, that's easy: take the effin' thing down and keep it down until it works, and beta test the crap out of it before it sees the light of day again. Theyve got a team of "Navigators" taking phone enrollments, so best to rely on those folks in the interim to carry the water on the enrollment process until a viable web product is available.