Obamacare got six enrollees on Day 1

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

http://news.yahoo.com/day-1-of-obamacare-yielded-six-enrollees-233817649.html

Six.

That's how many people signed up for Obamacare on Day 1, according to CBS News, and no that's not a misprint.

The Obama administration has kept the number of enrollments close to the vest. Its touted the number of visitors to the troubled HealthCare.gov website – 4.7 million – but hasn't released the actual number of enrollments.

But according to CBS News, notes from a "war room" meeting the day after the Affordable Care Act launched on Oct. 1 say "six enrollments have occurred so far." By the end of Day 2, enrollments totaled 248 nationwide.

The White House predicted 500,000 would sign up by the end of the month, according to a memo obtained by the Associated Press, and that was considered a "modest start" for the market.

CBS notes that in order to meet the goal of seven million enrollments by March 1, the exchanges need to enroll an average of 39,000 a day.

During Wednesday's Congressional hearing, Health and Human Services head Kathleen Sebelius was asked several times for the number of enrollments. She explained that the data was unreliable and would not be available until mid-November.

"We do not have any reliable data around enrollment, which is why we haven’t given it to date," she said.

The Obama administration has enlisted the services of computer engineers from tech companies such as Google and Oracle to help fix the troubled healthcare website, which has been plagued with issues from the start. As Sebelius testified Wednesday that the site "has never crashed," users trying to access it found a message that read, "The system is down at the moment."

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How would corporate America handle this fiasco?

[lostinblue 1,989]

[sly_wolf 199]

Lol, so the site was having so much trouble over 6 people signing up? Sounds unbelievable. I would like to see more data before I buy into this story.

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

The CBS article has the "war room" notes in PDF...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57610328/obamacare-early-enrollment-numbers-very-small-documents-show/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/180609255/HealthCare-Gov-pdf

[sly_wolf 199]

The CBS article has the "war room" notes in PDF...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57610328/obamacare-early-enrollment-numbers-very-small-documents-show/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/180609255/HealthCare-Gov-pdf

Yes, but I don't see where it explains if this was due to technical issues or something else. If the site was having issues I would also have a lack of confidence in the site metrics. I would also think on the very first day, users would be spending more time educating themselves before they sign up for anything.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Yes, but I don't see where it explains if this was due to technical issues or something else. If the site was having issues I would also have a lack of confidence in the site metrics. I would also think on the very first day, users would be spending more time educating themselves before they sign up for anything.

Your right. I haven't seen anything in the news about the site having any technical problems have you

[sly_wolf 199]

Your right. I haven't seen anything in the news about the site having any technical problems have you

And that's why I said I would not have any confidence in the accuracy of the site metrics either. So what we know is yes the web site is fukt up.

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

Here's a Forbes report....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/11/01/the-truth-comes-out-obamacares-website-enrolled-a-grand-total-of-six-people-on-oct-1/?partner=yahootix

“High capacity on the website, direct enrollment not working, VA system not connecting, Experian creating confusion with credit check information” were among the ongoing issues identified on the morning of October 2. A second memo, published that afternoon, stated that “direct enrollment is still not working.” 100 people had successfully enrolled by then, but “some estimates show 40,000 people in the waiting room” trying to sign up.

"The House Oversight Committee obtained the real numbers by asking the government’s IT contractors to hand them over."

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

It was George W. Bush's fault!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

It was George W. Bush's fault!

That is A

Keeping up with the totally irrelevant wild ####### liberals respond with is easier if you assign letters. There are only 5 basic responses they regurgitate when confronted with overwhelming facts.

A. Bush's fault . can also be "conjure up any conservative in history that even remotely did anything similar to what is going on today. It makes it ok.

B. it was not on MSNBC, Al-Jazerra, Salon,CNN or other left wing approved sources so it is obvious right wing biased hate,no matter how many facts they quote

C. I have no idea idea how to respond to the overwhelming facts you presented, so I will just call you a nut job or insult you and move on, and claim I already answered the question. ( this covers the tin foil hat stupidity

D. You are Racist and hate anyone not like you.

E-You can't comprehend what I am saying, or as they say around here between every statement.. "Know what I saying".

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

That is A

Keeping up with the totally irrelevant wild ####### liberals respond with is easier if you assign letters. There are only 5 basic responses they regurgitate when confronted with overwhelming facts.

A. Bush's fault . can also be "conjure up any conservative in history that even remotely did anything similar to what is going on today. It makes it ok.

B. it was not on MSNBC, Al-Jazerra, Salon,CNN or other left wing approved sources so it is obvious right wing biased hate,no matter how many facts they quote

C. I have no idea idea how to respond to the overwhelming facts you presented, so I will just call you a nut job or insult you and move on, and claim I already answered the question. ( this covers the tin foil hat stupidity

D. You are Racist and hate anyone not like you.

E-You can't comprehend what I am saying, or as they say around here between every statement.. "Know what I saying".

Okay...now I understand why you begin some posts with a letter.

I imagine being minimized to a letter irritates the hell out of some. Good.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I went on the site today.Still a bewildering maze of dead ends, broken links, buttons that don't work, and confusing messages

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

I went on the site today.Still a bewildering maze of dead ends, broken links, buttons that don't work, and confusing messages

& It took 'em almost 3 years to get this far.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.....it is "Obamacare"...represents it's owner very well = pathetic excuse of a website for a pathetic excuse of a POTUS.

[himher 634]

LOL and the people who liked their insurance but are losing it are juuust starting to get their letters and rate increases. I think those stories might trump the website stories over the next few weeks

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

LOL and the people who liked their insurance but are losing it are juuust starting to get their letters and rate increases. I think those stories might trump the website stories over the next few weeks

The website is just the breadsticks to munch before dinner. The cancellation letters are the appetizer.

I read = Insurance companies stated - even a few month delay on enrollment will increase premiums 15-20%...immediately and get worse from there. Ouch.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Crashed~N2~Me