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lawhawk10/08/2013 7:04:07 am PDT

re: #296 Gus

The site rollout had its problems, and there may be issues with how the site organizes and processes applications causing the errors/timeouts we’re seeing. But the GOP has been undercutting the ACA from day one, so is it surprising that they’re capitalizing on any amount of negative news.

Then there’s the fact that we’re talking about pent up demand for affordable health insurance and lots of people curious about what the health exchanges have to offer. Lots of people who just want to see what kind of costs are being calculated, even if they already have insurance by other means.

It’s a learning curve for people who are likely to be covered, as well as all those who aren’t currently requiring coverage, but may need it at some point down the road.

The GOP and media are magnifying the problems exponentially, and setting up nonsensical parallels to how the rollout has bogged down. They cite to iPhone, but ignore the Newton (or Lisa, or any other Apple product that didn’t actually catch on). As Jon Stewart says, people will wait days and weeks for the new version of the iPhone, but can’t wait a few minutes for health insurance.

And that they’re not willing to wait for insurance is rather telling.