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Old 10-22-2013, 12:08 PM
 
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HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov | Federal Times | federaltimes.com

Seriously?? Verizon?? Ever tried navigating Verizon.com or managing successfully through Verizon's customer unservice telephone menu tree? I could go on but I'll leave that to the responses
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Old 10-22-2013, 12:11 PM
 
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LOL! So the same people who were ROASTING the previous adminstration for "no bid" contracts has decided to bring in Verizon under no-bid conditions to fix their problem.


nice.
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Old 10-22-2013, 12:13 PM
 
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HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov | Federal Times | federaltimes.com

Seriously?? Verizon?? Ever tried navigating Verizon.com or managing successfully through Verizon's customer unservice telephone menu tree? I could go on but I'll leave that to the responses
Verizon has the worst customer service I've ever encountered. Even the CSRs are confused and all that starts at the top.
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Old 10-22-2013, 12:15 PM
 
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I guess it could have been worse. Comcast?
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Old 10-22-2013, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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I think Cruz and co. would have settled for a 1 year delay. They floated that as a trial balloon all over, and kept saying they wanted Obama to negotiate. We can only guess, but it is very possible that the 1 year delay was their primary strategy.

Now it turns out that Obama would have been better off to take that option. He could have heaped 3 years of blame on Cruz for forcing him into it, and lamented how much better off the nation would be without the delay.

I don't generally buy into the view that Obama is stupid/incompetent. I think he's a sharp guy but just very misguided. However he really did flub this one. He had to have known that he had a major disaster on his hands, and there was Ted Cruz offering a way out that he could have turned into political gold. And he rejected it. Big time flub.
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Old 10-22-2013, 01:34 PM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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I think Cruz and co. would have settled for a 1 year delay. They floated that as a trial balloon all over, and kept saying they wanted Obama to negotiate. We can only guess, but it is very possible that the 1 year delay was their primary strategy.

Now it turns out that Obama would have been better off to take that option. He could have heaped 3 years of blame on Cruz for forcing him into it, and lamented how much better off the nation would be without the delay.

I don't generally buy into the view that Obama is stupid/incompetent. I think he's a sharp guy but just very misguided. However he really did flub this one. He had to have known that he had a major disaster on his hands, and there was Ted Cruz offering a way out that he could have turned into political gold. And he rejected it. Big time flub.
Ego?
Plus no real world business experience. But, that's what the people elected...


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I guess it could have been worse. Comcast?
Oh, snap!
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:22 PM
 
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I've just spent the last 10 minutes on Healthcare.gov, browsing the platinum plans for a single person, 49 and under, in two states, Florida and Georgia. The site clearly shows the family size/income levels that could qualify for subsidies:


and it also clearly displays the percent of coverage for each of the 5 levels of coverage:

There were at least a dozen platinum plans for both states, ranging from $250-$350 per month.

The site is functioning smoothly, with no wait times or errors.

Healthcare.gov was a very sick site at start-up, but it is becoming more robust with every passing day. Any reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated....
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:26 PM
 
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I've just spent the last 10 minutes on Healthcare.gov, browsing the platinum plans for a single person, 49 and under, in two states, Florida and Georgia. The site clearly shows the family size/income levels that could qualify for subsidies:


and it also clearly displays the percent of coverage for each of the 5 levels of coverage:

There were at least a dozen platinum plans for both states, ranging from $250-$350 per month.

The site is functioning smoothly, with no wait times or errors.

Healthcare.gov was a very sick site at start-up, but it is becoming more robust with every passing day. Any reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated....
So, your goal here, is to make it easier to take someone else's money... Gotcha.
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:27 PM
 
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HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov | Federal Times | federaltimes.com

Seriously?? Verizon?? Ever tried navigating Verizon.com or managing successfully through Verizon's customer unservice telephone menu tree? I could go on but I'll leave that to the responses
I don't think they were hired for anything but their lobbying expertise.
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:28 PM
 
Location: texas
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I think Cruz and co. would have settled for a 1 year delay. They floated that as a trial balloon all over, and kept saying they wanted Obama to negotiate. We can only guess, but it is very possible that the 1 year delay was their primary strategy.

Now it turns out that Obama would have been better off to take that option. He could have heaped 3 years of blame on Cruz for forcing him into it, and lamented how much better off the nation would be without the delay.
So we have the 1 year delay, then a year from now when everyone went to sign up...guess what happens.

this problem wasnt known until people tried to sign up...
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