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re: #66 Decatur Deb
From Slate:
>It’s “National Youth Enrollment Day,” and the Obamacare Website Is Down
We had to shut down our navigator assistance an hour early yesterday. It would be nice if someone towards the top of the HHS foodchain had their ass handed to them, just to encourage the others.
It has something to do with a periodic maintenance of SSA. ACA uses SSA to verify SS #s.
Some healthcare.gov Signups Face Weekend Delay
‘The latest technical problem doesn’t appear to stem from the Department of Health and Human Services, which has come under heavy criticism for the construction of the site and its poor performance in the fall. Rather, the Social Security Administration has planned an annual systems maintenance at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday and ending 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
“healthcare.gov relies on the Social Security Administration to verify Social Security numbers and some other data people need to obtain income-based subsidies to help pay their premiums.”
