I just don't understand why I should panic over it.

It was easy and I'll be paying about $300 less/month.

will try again tonight

have problems shopping for policies and doing extensive comparative analysis.

that seems to be where the problems lie - states that built their own exchanges seem to be working well.
iowa is purplish - our governor is a repub and a founder of ALEC - so he did his part in trying to cripple the system.
our biggest insurer by far (over 80% of HC in the state - BC/BS - refused to participate).

If push come to shove I will fill out a paper application in a month. I am not too worried.

problem. When I signed up when it first opened there was no problem. A week later when I used the web site and the 1-800# the honestly told me to try again in two weeks to make sure evreything was running correctly and the information was up to date.

The states that have their own exchanges are working fine.

state's exchange. I was able to view how much my next policy (for me) will cost, I will save around $250 over what I pay now for the same class of policy.

The health care site is for people that don't have health care - so no reason for me to go to the site and order something I already have.

But I have a feeling despite the glitches with the website everything will work out just fine. Well except if you are a bagger then it will be your worst nightmare. People are going to love Obamacare. People are going to love Obama even more.