White House Fears Website Collapse
The White House is delaying a planned ObamaCare marketing campaign because it remains fearful that a rush of consumers to the troubled HealthCare.gov website would overwhelm the system.
According to a New York Times report on Wednesday, the Obama administration is trying to strike a balance between the push for a diverse pool of healthcare enrollees, and the reality of what the problem-plagued website can handle.
The Times report is the latest frustrating news for supporters of the Affordable Care Act, who have consistently been assured by the administration that the website would be able to accommodate the vast majority of consumers by Nov. 30.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday the Obama administration would meet its self-imposed Nov. 30 deadline to have HealthCare.gov running better.
We are definitely on track to have a significantly different user experience by the end of the month, Sebelius said on a conference call with state and local elected officials about the ObamaCare rollout.
The Times report seems to cast doubt on that assertion. Officials say the website can presently handle about 50,000 simultaneous users, but worry that the looming enrollment deadline, and promises that the site will be working better, could draw five times that number over the weekend.
But those hoping to use coverage theyve purchased under the healthcare law by Jan. 1 must have purchased a plan by Dec. 23, and the administration desperately needs to release some promising enrollment numbers before the end of the year.
A marketing push could help that push considerably. The insurance industry has also been sitting on a pile of cash it plans to use to get the word out about the federal exchanges but wont risk spending those dollars until it knows the system can handle the traffic.
White House fears website collapse | TheHill
Why do they keep assuring the public the website will work on a certain date when they have no knowledge that is the truth at all? Just when do they learn?
The White House is delaying a planned ObamaCare marketing campaign because it remains fearful that a rush of consumers to the troubled HealthCare.gov website would overwhelm the system.
According to a New York Times report on Wednesday, the Obama administration is trying to strike a balance between the push for a diverse pool of healthcare enrollees, and the reality of what the problem-plagued website can handle.
The Times report is the latest frustrating news for supporters of the Affordable Care Act, who have consistently been assured by the administration that the website would be able to accommodate the vast majority of consumers by Nov. 30.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday the Obama administration would meet its self-imposed Nov. 30 deadline to have HealthCare.gov running better.
We are definitely on track to have a significantly different user experience by the end of the month, Sebelius said on a conference call with state and local elected officials about the ObamaCare rollout.
The Times report seems to cast doubt on that assertion. Officials say the website can presently handle about 50,000 simultaneous users, but worry that the looming enrollment deadline, and promises that the site will be working better, could draw five times that number over the weekend.
But those hoping to use coverage theyve purchased under the healthcare law by Jan. 1 must have purchased a plan by Dec. 23, and the administration desperately needs to release some promising enrollment numbers before the end of the year.
A marketing push could help that push considerably. The insurance industry has also been sitting on a pile of cash it plans to use to get the word out about the federal exchanges but wont risk spending those dollars until it knows the system can handle the traffic.
White House fears website collapse | TheHill
Why do they keep assuring the public the website will work on a certain date when they have no knowledge that is the truth at all? Just when do they learn?
but we all know how well our personal computers work when they're working at 80%--
