Poll: 12 percent say ObamaCare signup is going well

Only 12 percent of people in the United States think the signup process for ObamaCare is going well, according to a new poll.

Forty-nine percent, on the other hand, say the signup for the healthcare law’s new insurance exchanges is not going well, according to a CBS News poll released Tuesday. 

The insurance exchanges, which launched Oct. 1, have taken a hit in recent weeks. Their website’s technical problems have overwhelmed peoples’ impression of the rollout. 

Overall views of the new program haven’t changed, though, since its unveiling in the beginning of October: 51 percent disapprove of the law, and 43 percent approve. 

The poll also touched on the aftermath of the government shutdown and debt debate that ended last Thursday. 

Republicans and Democrats in Congress both received low job approval ratings, but the GOP has suffered the most.  Eighteen percent of the public approves of Republicans’ jobs while 31 percent approve of Democrats’ performance.

The Tea Party, which made waves in the 2010 midterm elections, has also hit record lows in recent weeks. Only 14 percent in this latest poll hold a favorable view of the movement. 

Last week, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the party has “peaked.” 

Sixty percent of people don’t think the Tea Party reflects the views of most Americans. Two of the likely GOP candidates for president in 2016 are members: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). 

Only 11 percent of people are optimistic about Congress’s ability to deal with future issues affecting the country, the poll says. 

A number of House and Senate members from both sides of the aisle have been appointed to conference committees to negotiate a long-term deal on budget and debt limit issues over the next few months. 

Via: The Hill

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Healthcare.gov Obama’s biggest lollygag to date

There must be a political strategy at work in President Barack Obama’s glitch-bedeviled healthcare.gov website and the enormous time and money it took just to get it up and running.

Everything Obama connected comes with a political strategy that many don’t see until it’s too late to act.

In terms of healthcare.gov, the Obama administration would call the big stall “buying time”.  Those seeing clearly through the fog would call it “Obama lollygagging”.  Make that Obama lollygagging up to and beyond the all-important November 4, 2014 Midterm Elections.

A website up and running smoothly would be the best education in existence to teach people exactly how much ObamaCare is going to cost them.

Obama can’t afford that kind of knowledge coming out until he and his Democrats are safely past next year’s midterms.

Forbes magazine hit the nail on the head when it headlined “Obama’s Website is Crashing Because It Doesn’t Want You to Know How Costly Its Plans Are”.

“A growing consensus of IT experts, outside and inside the government, have figured out a principal reason why the website for Obamacare’s federally-sponsored insurance exchange is crashing.  

Healthcare.gov forces you to to create an account and enter detailed personal information before you can start shopping.  This, in turn, creates a massive traffic bottleneck, as the government verifies your information and decides whether or not you’re eligible for subsidies.  HHS bureaucrats knew this would make the website run more slowly.  But they were more afraid that letting people see the underlying cost of Obamacare’sinsurance plans would scare people away. (Forbes, Oct. 14, 2013).

Via: Canada Free Press

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