The launch of Obamacare has been a complete and total nightmare so
far. The “online exchanges” are constantly crashing, there are endless
glitches and delays, and many of the people that actually have been able
to successfully register for an account are discovering that health
insurance premiums under Obamacare are far higher than what they are
used
to paying. In fact, as I wrote about the other day,
some Americans that have had their old policies canceled by their
insurance companies are discovering that their health insurance costs
will double or even triple under Obamacare. What a great “success”,
eh? Under Obamacare, Americans are going to pay more for health care,
they are going to have more limited health care options, they are going
to be subjected to much more paperwork, and if they choose not to
participate in the system they are going to be hit with very punitive
fines. What’s not to like?
But despite all of the negatives, a lot of Americans were actually
looking forward to October 1st. Millions of Americans rushed to the
“healthcare exchanges” to get signed up for health insurance. But what
they discovered was that the websites were not ready and were constantly
crashing.
The system has been so bad that very few people are actually signing up for Obamacare. So far,
less than 1 percent of all visitors are actually signing up for health insurance. In California, the rate is
0.58 percent. In Connecticut, the rate is
0.59 percent.
One television station in Tennessee was not able to find
a single person who successfully signed up for Obamacare.
Needless to say, there are a whole lot of very frustrated and very
disappointed people out there right now. The following are 21 of the
best comments that have been posted on the
official Healthcare.gov Facebook page so far…
21. “I am so disappointed. These prices are outrageous and there are huge deductibles. No one can afford this!”
20. “Good grief. Day three of trying and still can’t
get on this website. The government KNEW about this thing going live
for two years. TWO YEARS! And this is the best they could do? I shudder
to think what’s going to happen once they are in control of my
healthcare. They can’t even get their website functioning properly. If
my business had rolled out a piece of crap that worked like this I’d be
out of business.”
19. “How is it that Facebook, which is a
non-essential social networking web site, can reliably handle BILLIONS
of electronic interactions per second, but the Healthcare.gov site,
which is literally the very heart of the Obamacare program wasn’t ready
for the obvious millions of visitors that you had to know it would be
receiving?”
18. “i’m just going to stop even bothering for a
couple weeks or so… once the fervor dies down, hopefully i’ll be able to
actually create an account!”
17. “The Federal Gov’t has ruined everything it has
gotten involved in, does anybody really expect this healthcare disaster
to be any different? Sorry, I’ll take the asinine fine.”
16. “And yet another day and several tries I once
again keep getting nothing but a completely blank page after I log in.
The top tab says ‘Successful URL’. Oh how ironic.”
15. “Didn’t these Feds ever have mothers that told
them not to lie? Maybe they were raised in the wild. This system is
trash. I can’t verify my identity or upload documents. Also what’s with
Experian verifying ID’s? Don’t care for that at all.”
14. “I am a single mother of two, in school and
working full time, living 75% below the poverty level and I DO NOT
qualify for a healthcare subsidy”
13. “the website can’t verify my identity…the people
at the experian verification number can’t verify my identity either….i
tried to upload a scan of my driver’s license, and that won’t work
either……very annoying process…….i’ve wasted 3 days on this junk.”
12. “if you’re stupid enough to put all your banking
information in to the federal governments computers you are definitely
part of the problem”
11. “Where the HELL am I supposed to get $3,000 more
a year to pay for this “bronze” health insurance plan!?!??? And I DO
NOT EVEN WANT INSURANCE to begin with!! This is frightening.”
10. “I have one question. What happens if I can’t
afford the Affordable Health Care that you are cramming down my throat? I
just ran your calculator, and if it is even close to accurate, I will
have a choice…..I can pay my rent and buy groceries, or I can pay the
health care premiums, move out into the streets and live under a bridge
some where, and go hungry! Can I please get one of those exemption
things that the President and Congress got?”
9. “I’ve been stuck at the security questions since 9am on October 1st”
8. “Death Panels. Yes. The red plan. It’s affordable. And painless!”
7. “Here in Austin, TX have gotten to login screen
three times today, wait is getting shorter, but am still getting a blank
screen after getting a quick ‘authenticating, please wait’ message at
top left of screen, then nothing but a blank white page and no
indication that the browser is waiting for the server to do anything.
Attempts to refresh the screen sends me back to the please wait screen.”
6. “I finally got past the security question
problem, got my account, my verification email, and when I went to log
in, it said the information was invalid.”
5. “I want to know how I am expected to pay $300+
for this and still pay my bills when the only income is $710 a month
from my husband’s SSI? Am i supposed to lose my home and water and
electricity or go to jail because I can’t afford this?”
4. “Government forces people to pay a new
tax. People click on website to see how much this new tax will cost
them. Website crashes in the first hour. Government calls it a huge
success.”
3. “I work a minimum wage job…how the heck can I
afford health insurance and if the company doesn’t give full time? I am
so angry right now…. I share housing with others because I can’t afford
my own place… how do you expect people to afford obamacare if they
barely get by from paycheck to paycheck????? I can’t afford a fine
either! I think you are obligated to give the American people an answer
and an explanation!”
2. “Y’all can kiss my butt. You got that? You want
my bank account? I’ll close it. You put a lien on my house? Take it…and
the mortgage too. Some things are worth fighting for, and freedom is one
of them! I am sick and tired of the redistribution strategies of this
socialist country and having my wages STOLEN to pay for them!”
1. The best comment was posted by a man named Will
Sheehan with type 1 diabetes who was initially very excited to sign up
for Obamacare. But what he discovered while trying to sign up was
absolutely horrifying…
I actually made it through this morning at 8:00 A.M. I
have a preexisting condition (Type 1 Diabetes) and my income base was
45K-55K annually I chose tier 2 “Silver Plan” and my monthly premiums
came out to $597.00 with $13,988 yearly deductible!!! There is NO
POSSIBLE way that I can afford this so I “opt-out” and chose to continue
along with no insurance.
I received an email tonight at 5:00 P.M. informing me
that my fine would be $4,037 and could be attached to my yearly income
tax return. Then you make it to the “REPERCUSSIONS PORTION” for
“non-payment” of yearly fine. First, your drivers license will be
suspended until paid, and if you go 24 consecutive months with
“Non-Payment” and you happen to be a home owner, you will have a federal
tax lien placed on your home. You can agree to give your bank
information so that they can easy “Automatically withdraw” your
“penalties” weekly, bi-weekly or monthly! This by no means is “Free” or
even “Affordable.”
Is what Mr. Sheehan saying actually true?
I don’t know. This is not the way that we were told things were
going to work, but when was the last time our politicians actually told
us the truth about anything?
The Obama administration has had a couple of years to get ready for
the launch of Obamacare and this is the best that they could do?
That is frightening.
So have any of you tried to sign up yet? If you have a story about
Obamacare, please feel free to share it by posting a comment below…
