Luddly Neddite
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- Sep 14, 2011
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The Obamacare website isn't the only Government social services portal with chronic problems. I tried yesterday to create an account at the Government's Social Security website, the access point titled "MY Social Security" :my Social Security ? Sign In Or Create an Account
I could not do it! I have an active account with Social Security (I'm 65), but when I attempted to create a login ID and password to access my account info online, the Social Security system refused to properly validate my personal info and create a userid for me . The problem sounds eerily similar to the problems people are having with the Obamacare website.:-(
From the day I first applied, I have never been able to wade through the SS site. Find your local office and talk to a human being.
For the first two years, Medicare was impossible and now works almost flawlessly.
The R will throw a fit but bottom line is, there is more than one way to get your SS and there's more than one way to buy your health care insurance. To those who want to buy your own insurance, find your local exchange and talk to a real human being.
36 states have no local exchange. Also, if you go outside of Healthcare.gov you cannot access a subsidy if you are eligible nor can you find out what your subsidy would be. So basically, unless you are absolutely sure you do not qualify for a subsidy...it is worthless. And keep in mind, the system was supposed to help those without insurance (i.e. subsify eligible).
Sorry, I forgot to write ...
"and/or the 800 number".
The right will hate it no matter what but fact is, its here to stay and it would be helpful if the pubs would stop throwing away money pretending to repeal it and just get to work doing their job.
I didn't vote in the poll but honestly, I do not think all the moving parts will up and working by the end of this year.
Its huge. Its massive. Its finally our turn to work toward the goal of good health care for ALL Americans. And, its going to take some time to iron out all the inevitable kinks.