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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConsumer Reports: "Stay away from Healthcare.gov for at least another month if you can."
Frustrated by trying to register on HealthCare.gov? You're hardly alone. Of the 9.47 million people who tried to register in the first week, only 271,00 were able to create an account, according to one analysis. That's about 1 in 35. Many people couldn't even create user names and passwords. For tips on how to get past the roadblocks, we talked with a Phoenix software tester named Ben Simo. When he got stuck trying to register a family member, Simo used his professional know-how to look beneath the hood and come up with some suggestions for creating a Healthcare.gov user account that actually works.
If all this is too much for you to absorb, follow our previous advice: Stay away from Healthcare.gov for at least another month if you can. Hopefully that will be long enough for its software vendors to clean up the mess theyve made. The coverage available through the marketplaces wont begin until Jan. 1, 2014, at the earliest, and you have until Dec. 15 to enroll if you need insurance that starts promptly.
If all this is too much for you to absorb, follow our previous advice: Stay away from Healthcare.gov for at least another month if you can. Hopefully that will be long enough for its software vendors to clean up the mess theyve made. The coverage available through the marketplaces wont begin until Jan. 1, 2014, at the earliest, and you have until Dec. 15 to enroll if you need insurance that starts promptly.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/10/tips-for-creating-heathcare-gov-acount/index.htm
Patience is the key here. It is a massive undertaking that will take a little time to get running smoothly but the wait will be worth it.
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Consumer Reports: "Stay away from Healthcare.gov for at least another month if you can." (Original Post)
hack89
Oct 2013
OP
I haven't even attempted to take a peek at the website. I'll wait just like I do when there is
Purveyor
Oct 2013
#1
Of course if you are in a state that does its own, go do it now if you'd like.
uppityperson
Oct 2013
#2
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)1. I haven't even attempted to take a peek at the website. I'll wait just like I do when there is
a major software upgrade and let others be the testers.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)2. Of course if you are in a state that does its own, go do it now if you'd like.
hack89
(39,171 posts)3. The state roll outs seem much less problematic. nt
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)4. Not in my state.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/21/nevada-health-exchange-work-progress/
(Nevada used Xerox Solutions to develop their site, by the way - so poor design is not limited to one company).
(Nevada used Xerox Solutions to develop their site, by the way - so poor design is not limited to one company).