Amazing isn't it? The governmental competence problem is pervasive

[Mainecoons]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber said Thursday the state has hired a firm to conduct an independent review of what went wrong with Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange.Several states and the federal government have struggled with exchange technology, but none as much as Oregon. Cover Oregon’s online enrollment system still doesn’t work more than three months after it was supposed to launch, and the state has hired or reassigned hundreds of workers to manually process applications. Officials say they hope the online system will be operational by March.
The state will pay First Data Government Solutions LP $228,000 to conduct the review, which is expected to begin later this month and take about six weeks.
The review seeks to determine when officials began to realize the website wouldn’t launch on time; why the state chose to use Oracle Corp. products and consulting services; how the project’s scope was determined; and who was responsible for making decisions about the project.
Speaking at a news conference in Portland, Kitzhaber highlighted positive news: Oregon enrolled 170,000 people in health care coverage. While some had previous coverage, it’s enough to make a big dent in the uninsured population.
But only a third of the 170,000 enrollees applied through Cover Oregon — including 20,000 people who enrolled in private coverage and more than 30,000 in the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid. The rest were enrolled in OHP using a process that bypassed the exchange.
The number of people enrolled in private coverage is far below the state’s original goals, although lower-than-expected enrollment isn’t limited to Oregon. The state is one of 14 states that are running their own insurance marketplaces.

You would think the home of Microsoft could have managed to put together a web site. Perhaps this is just another indication of how bad this law is and that only complete repeal and starting over will solve this mess.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/...sed-to-launch/

[Captain Obvious]

Oh $#@! - this is really old news, months old.

I understand they went to paper apps., don't know how it ultimately worked out for them.

[Mainecoons]

Oh $#@!, the report is dated January 11, 2014. Try reading it, it is about the continuing failure of a liberal land state to make their site work.

Yeah, old news. Two days old report.

[Captain Obvious]

Nah, this $#@! was covered last month.

[Mainecoons]

Nah, this $#@! was covered last month.

Will this help you out?

Oregon’s Obamacare Online Enrollment System Still Doesn’t Work More Than 3 Months After It Was Supposed To Launch

January 11, 2014 5:35 PM

I'm sorry you couldn't even get to the bottom of the headline to read the date, let alone the story.

[Captain Obvious]

Yeah, it was determined early in December that the website was a failure and that they would enroll via paper/phone or whatever. I remember reading about it well before Christmas.

Old news.

Happy belated new year. 2014 that is...

[Mainecoons]

Yes and now it has been three long months and a new report confirms that and also that they are finally facing up to it.

Now if you could just face up to your reading problem. . .

[Captain Obvious]

They faced up to it a month ago.

All this report is telling us what happened is what everyone expected to happen.

ie: Old news.

[Mainecoons]

Why don't you just face up to the fact that you didn't read the date of the report or the new information contained therein?

Are you taking reading lessons from Jillian and Cigar these days? Sure seems so.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber said Thursday the state has hired a firm to conduct an independent review of what went wrong with Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange.

[Mainecoons]

More help for the reading challenged:

The state will pay First Data Government Solutions LP $228,000 to conduct the review, which is expected to begin later this month and take about six weeks.

Hint: The word "will" is FUTURE tense.