If you could only see the chaos on the inside... Tho granted it has overall been smoothly, if you were answering those phones you wouldn't know it.

I do wish reporters would stop pretending they've done a good job with this thing. I'd love to know what percentage of subscribers have been able to go through the process without contacting customer service.

I was low hanging fruit and they still had to redo my application from scratch several times after I'd tried to complete it three or four times myself because every time an unknown error of some sort would occur. I never did get through to customer service, but finally cursed at enough people that a manager at the call center in Spokane called me personally. People I know who have complex applications like, horrors, a dependent child have an even worse time.

I was able to finally get signed up thanks to a dedicated navigator at Country Doctor. She was amazing.

and how many more bette spokanes would be signed up if they weren't so ideological.

Soooooo...What other options do you negative posters have for your health care programs? Do your republican butt buddies have a better one? crickets............

Washington and Vermont both had a good head start by having a lot of people getting subsidized care in the first place. As a former Seattlite, and now Vermonter, both states have been impressive in how much that made health care into something that they wanted you to have, generally speaking. I was very happy I got to go to grad school at UW and graduate somewhere where I could afford health care until I got a job that provided it. And then when I moved to Vermont I could get subsidized care, again, until I got a job that would provide it. Both times the system just gave me a small leg up when I needed it. That, and a lot of good fortune, meant I could more easily do the work I wanted to do, where I wanted to do it. I hope it's even easier for people in the future.

I can't sign up since I've been getting an error message for the past month. Supposedly O have to wait for the tech team to find a fix. No one there can tell me when that fix will happen. Meanwhile, I have no insurance for January and February. (Buying via the exchange since I can get a large credit off the premium amount.)

*cough* Kentucky.

I have to come up with a new password every time I login. If this is the best site out there, I feel sorry for all the other sites. But at least I still have insurance. Eventually, I'll probably use it for more than a physical every couple of years, At 54, I must be due for something.

Obamacare comes out. I could have built the site by myself in less than a year, but you know. Whatever.

I look at the rates. They are absurd.

I do some research and sign up for dental, disaster, health, and take out a $50,000 life insurance policy.

For under $100 a month.

The end.

Change the headline to 'Washington and Vermont lead the way in mass retardation among the affluent" and you're on to something.

@11: If you could have built the site yourself, why didn't you submit a bid? Big talk there, scriptkiddie.
Rates on the ACA exchanges suck unless you're poor enough to qualify for assistance. That's how it's supposed to work.

You fucking idiot.

https://www.elance.com/s/zbailey

I've only been on my own since mid-November. I haven't even incorporated yet. The portfolio includes but a fraction of work I can call my own in a personal portfolio. The professional portfolio is in the works.

You fucking idiot.

No, I will never hire you.

I apologize for the spam.

venomlash just explained to me that Obamacare was never meant to compete on the market.

Wow.

@14-16: Wow you got mad in a hurry.