Oregon Signs Up Just 44 People For Obamacare Despite Spending $300 Million 586
cold fjord writes "The Washington Examiner reports, 'Oregon ... signed up just 44 people for insurance through November, despite spending more than $300 million on its state-based exchange. The state's exchange had the fewest sign-ups in the nation, according to a new report today by the Department of Health and Human Services. The weak number of sign-ups undercuts two major defenses of Obamacare from its supporters. One defense was that state-based exchanges were performing a lot better than the federal healthcare.gov website servicing 36 states. But Oregon's website problems have forced the state to rely on paper applications to sign up participants. Another defense of the Obama administration has attributed the troubled rollout of Obamacare to the obstruction of Republican governors who wanted to see the law fail as well as a lack of funding. But Oregon is a Democratic state that embraced Obamacare early and enthusiastically.'"
The government got bored (Score:1, Funny)
Its obvious from the way it was all designed. They stared... and it quickly became very complicated. And the law makers not wanting to spend the rest of their lives trying to understand something that was very complicated decided to simply reduce everything down to 4 metal themed plans.
Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum.
Not unlike Aristotle's definition of men... which was equally lazy.
And so an adaptable system that could account for literally hundreds of thousands of variables was reduced to a one size fits all system that generally serves everyone poorly.
Everyone.
Not even the poor are well served by this because it harms the healthcare industry itself and especially the healthcare research industry which is responsible for making the next drug or treatment or machine that will in the end... save your life.
This nonsense will see that the drug isn't researched. The treatment isn't developed. The machine isn't made.
Enjoy the free band-aids.
This whole crusade by the Obama administration was madness. Insanity. Giddy cackling lunacy.
And like most things born of madness... it will harm everyone.
This is the problem with the US. It isn't our guns or the money. Its the madness.
This country has a mental health problem.
Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)
It makes perfect sense. It's like how after I got into a car crash while perfectly sober, I stopped following that "don't drink and drive" malarkey that's so popular these days.
Re:Pathetic (Score:5, Funny)
What a pathetic day, when political trolling, with not even a hit of actual technical content, is published as as story on Slashdot. Isn't someone paid to moderate this stuff for substance and relevance?
Sucker.
They got you to comment, didn't they? Nobody with half a brain would waste their time typing anyth...
er...
damn.
Re: Thanks Oracle. (Score:4, Funny)
One might wish to take a look at the political affiliation of the Oracle management.
One might wish to take a look at Oracle management, period. Hell, the only way that Oregon could have guaranteed a bigger screw up is if they had tried to code it in Lotus Notes.
Re:News for Nerds? (Score:4, Funny)
To not be so means you would be willing to share everything you have with anyone else at their leisure.
So unless you are willing to let me borrow free of charge your tooth brush, your car, your spare kidney, your house, your wife, or your 16 year old daughter you are a freaking, dyed in the wool.......capitalist.
Re:Broken website; Not a broken law. (Score:2, Funny)
I offered several facts. You apparently are unable to deal with facts... So my spite is frankly justified. Those that speak lies and corrupt all they touch are unworthy of respect.
I offered a challenge. A challenge you could meet easily were you more then a worm.
You failed... and as such... I care very little for your opinions on the matter. You have no opinions. You have only lies.
Confront the facts and deal with reality. That is the challenge. Do that and you'll merit civility. Fail to do that and you merit nothing. Fail that and you're less then dog shit.
I am very comfortable with writing you off. My challenge was fair and easy to address. Any half way intelligent person could answer it without any trouble. If you're unwilling to do it then I can't see why you expect anyone to take you as relevant.
Meet the challenge or I nothing you. Fail it and you're a man shaped void. An empty suit with a stupid plastic smile with skin no deeper then the shell of an egg.
Re:Broken website; Not a broken law. (Score:3, Funny)
They're doubling and tripling and quadrupling.
If you want to pretend the ACA had no role in that... then so be it... you can claim a duck is a banana as easily.