Obamacare Tech Snafus Expected As States Prepare To Open Online Insurance Exchanges

[Liz]

As states prepare to open online health insurance exchanges, many experts are expecting technological issues to hinder the flow of registration in several states. IT is also the single most expensive component of the exchanges. How big of a challenge will this be for states?

Obamacare Tech Snafus Expected As States Prepare To Open Online Insurance Exchanges

 

[stuy119]

Since IT costs are the single largest cost, do we need to start regulating IT costs to bring them down? I mean, that's what the health law was about, right? And it's working, right?

 

[RayNY]

If a funny picture of a cat posted to Reddit can crash a website used to handling thousands of hits per day in a matter of minutes, what are the chances that millions of people performing data-heavy and complex tasks simultaneously can crash an untested system?

There is no way to test "...what happens if the whole U.S. population came to Cover Oregon to check it out." You can say that, but it's impossible and impractical. Not to mention, the infrastructure required is probably 100x the worst case real-world scenario, and that carries a huge wasted expense.

 

[AllenChicago]

July 8, 2013

GOOD NEWS! The exchanges will be ready come October 1, 2013, according to President Obama's Chief Technology Officer, Todd Park.

STORY: Health Exchanges to Be 'Up and Running' by Oct. 1

Excerpt: "Park, the president's tech point-person, said in a "Squawk Box" interview, "They're going to be up and running on October 1." He said he's seen the testing on the Web technology to deliver these exchanges, and "things are on track to actually make that happen."

If true, this is GREAT for those of us planning on earning a share of this Trillion Dollar initiative. Let's hope this guy knows what he's talking about!

 

[ctg]

Aren't we all a little skeptical about anything about this based on past history?

Believe it when I see it type thing...