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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHealth Exchange Delays Tied to Software Crash In Early Rush to Enroll
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/us/health-exchange-delays-tied-to-software-crash-in-early-rush.html?_r=0WASHINGTON The technical problems that have hampered enrollment in the online health insurance exchanges resulted from the failure of a major software component, designed by private contractors, that crashed under the weight of millions of users last week, federal officials said Monday.
Todd Park, President Obamas top technology adviser, said the failure occurred in the part of the Web site that lets people create user accounts at the beginning of the insurance sign-up process. The crash prevented many people from viewing any of their insurance options or gaining access to information on what federal subsidies might be available.
At lower volumes, it would work fine, Mr. Park said of the Web site, healthcare.gov. At higher volumes, it has problems.
Right now, he added, weve got what we think we need. The contractors have sent reinforcements. They are working 24-7. We just wish there was more time in a day.
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Health Exchange Delays Tied to Software Crash In Early Rush to Enroll (Original Post)
steve2470
Oct 2013
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snooper2
(30,151 posts)1. somebody forgot indexing 101
AnnieBW
(10,465 posts)2. DDOS?
The tinfoil-hat part of me is wondering if this was a coordinated Denial of Service attack on the ACA website by the Koch Brothers, Paulbots, Teahadists, and/or other wingnuts.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)3. I think it's certainly part of the overall problem nt
AltrCargo
(4 posts)4. seems like sombody forgot to hire load testers. :-)
now i wonder who is handling this big project.