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  • Healthcare.gov sucks

    No hyperbole, but the site that cost between $100 and $600 Million just plain sucks. I'm trying to wrap up as many enrollments into Obamacare as I can before my vacation and I'm getting kicked out because "we're sorry, there is a problem with your data."

    Last night the error in the same exact spot was, "we cannot verify this data, please correct it."


    The really funny part is when I get redirected from the broker application where I'm filling out forms on behalf of my client but then I'm redirected to a form that has text directing "me" to sign and attest this as the individual applying for coverage. So of course I log out, log back in to the broker portal, search for the application and get to it and then I'm given 404, 500, and once a 502 error.

    The structure of the program is starting to work well, but only by people who know the process. The website is still a piece of crap though. The only reason it sucks this bad is because the contractors that built it were micromanaged by government bureaucrats and everyone got paid whether it worked or not.

    Yay government!
    "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
    -John Locke

    "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
    -Newman

  • #2
    I'm confused. What type of clients do you have? You're not a health insurance agent on the side, are you?

    I agree that the website sucks. I've found that you can go to the website of healthcare companies and get quotes (even with subsidies and so forth considered).

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Lanie View Post
      I'm confused. What type of clients do you have? You're not a health insurance agent on the side, are you?
      Yes, I'm a health insurance agent/broker. I started my practice last August. It's a very interesting business to start because it's so new to everyone.

      Originally posted by Lanie View Post
      I agree that the website sucks. I've found that you can go to the website of healthcare companies and get quotes (even with subsidies and so forth considered).
      Yes you can get quotes, but you have to go to the actual government website to apply for and receive subsidy certifications. That's why it's so stupid that the key to making the whole program work was built so poorly.
      "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
      -John Locke

      "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
      -Newman

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      • #4
        Originally posted by scott View Post
        Yes, I'm a health insurance agent/broker. I started my practice last August. It's a very interesting business to start because it's so new to everyone.



        Yes you can get quotes, but you have to go to the actual government website to apply for and receive subsidy certifications. That's why it's so stupid that the key to making the whole program work was built so poorly.
        I was thinking of somebody who went completely through the insurance company, but she did need an agent.

        Cool.

        You can hire people at your other company and then sell them insurance. When you hear somebody complaining about not having insurance or their insurance being too high and not wanting to renew, you can offer to meet up with them.

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