Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-11-05 Thread Sam
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/05/npr-oregons-exchange-might-actually-be-doing-worse-than-the-federal-site/ They still have yet to enroll even a single Oregonian, NPR reports: When Cover Oregon opened Oct. 1, executive director Rocky King was excited. He'd been preparing for years. "Day one

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Sam
Now that is a good deal. How is that getting paid for? . On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Maureen wrote: > > In California, a family of four making 50K a year would be eligible for a > 536 dollar a month tax credit. Ttheir premium would range from 46 a month > to 378 a month after the credit

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Maureen
In California, a family of four making 50K a year would be eligible for a 536 dollar a month tax credit. Ttheir premium would range from 46 a month to 378 a month after the credit depending on the plan they choose. The Covered California website has been up and functional for months and is pretty

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Judah McAuley
Yes, my plan sucks. I'm doing some contracting right now and work through KForce. I get paid well, which is nice, but the benefits definitely blow chunks. It's through Aetna and I have a $2,800 in-network deductible and $5,600 out of network deductible. And my medical/dental/vision premium is abou

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Sam
Ah, it's fixed. When i first looked at it in chrome, the menu was stacked and when you clicked it expanded down. After three clicks I had to scroll past all the open menus to get to the content below. . On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > it is not the best design I have

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Stroz
it is not the best design I have ever seen, but definitely not 'shit' This is a 'shit' design - http://www.gatesnfences.com/ On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Sam wrote: > > You don't? Wow. > > I tried a few times and finally got it to show me some plans. A family of > four making $50k will pa

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Sam
It's a fair price if you're looking for insurance, not if it's mandated and you can't afford it. I wonder if the unemployed get a discount. . On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > And, dang, 400 or 500 a month for family coverage is damn good in Oregon. > I'm currently W-2

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread GMoney
Wow, your employer plan sucks. I pay only $88 a month for my high deductible family plan ($4000, with $12K out of pocket max). I thought my plan sucked...but yours really sucks...not only do you have high deductible, you have high premium too. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Judah McAuley wro

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Judah McAuley
And, dang, 400 or 500 a month for family coverage is damn good in Oregon. I'm currently W-2 through a contracting agency and I pay over $800 a month, as my contribution, for a high deductible plan. I like the HSA option for pre-tax deductions, but still, even with an employer contribution and bein

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Judah McAuley
I tried the path that Sam detailed and it worked fine for me in multiple browsers, so not sure what the issue he encountered is. As for the "glitches" that are detailed in that video, I guess it depends on what one means by a glitch. It is the case, definitely, that the site does not allow you to

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > And uses something other than Drupal :) Yeah, that was part of what made me chuckle. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smeltin

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Sam
You don't? Wow. I tried a few times and finally got it to show me some plans. A family of four making $50k will pay around $500 a month with a $5k deductible. Is that mandatory? That could pretty much break the bank for them. . On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > You thin

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Stroz
You think that layout is 'shit'? Wow. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Sam wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4Mdc-E8vA > > Haha, I just tried it, not only is the layout shit, this is what it > displays: > > I tried Explore Coverage > Medical > > Scroll down > > Individuals and Famili

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Sam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4Mdc-E8vA Haha, I just tried it, not only is the layout shit, this is what it displays: I tried Explore Coverage > Medical > Scroll down > Individuals and Families > Whoops, looks like something went wrong. . On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Judah McAuley wr

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread Judah McAuley
D'oh. Someone didn't do load testing, I guess. The Oregon exchange site, coveroregon.com, seems to be doing well. It's actually a pretty nice site. Nice design, useful layout, multi-lingual. Hope NY pulls it together quickly. And uses something other than Drupal :) Cheers, Judah On Tue, Oct 1

Re: Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread J.J. Merrick
I fully expected it to be this way... They probably only got servers based on XXX connections and didn't have the budget to start large and then scale down. I am sure there were many talks by the infrastructure team of "When oct 1 hits it is going to slashdot us in to oblivion" and the manager say

Healthcare exchange chuckle

2013-10-01 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Out of curiosity I decided to take a peek at the exchange coverage in NY. My chuckle is from a technical perspective. I keep getting this error: ErrorThe website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later. Error message*PDOException*: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1040] Too many connections in