PPACA Boondoggle

[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.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by whell

For $630 million, and we got THIS?

That's a question, not a point.

[donquixote99]

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

That's a question, not a point.

I think that answer is contained in the question, and you're being just a tweeny weeny bit obtuse.

[whell]

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]

You guys are the same ones that want single payer?

lol

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by whell

I think that answer is contained in the question, and you're being just a tweeny weeny bit obtuse.

I agreed with as much as you've said. I said "They undoubtedly could have done a better job in design, testing, capacity provisioning, etc." I don't think I'm being obtuse.

"For $630 million, and we got this?" is a bitch, similar in substance to my observation.

But I asked for a point. Let me explain further what I mean. Is there some conclusion you feel we should draw from this? Or some particular action you would recommend in light of this?

[whell]

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.