Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Americans flood HealthCare.gov site as Obamacare deadline nears
By Noam N. Levey
2:46 p.m. CDT, March 26, 2014
WASHINGTON – With a March 31 deadline to sign up for insurance under President Obama’s health law approaching, more than a million people a day are visiting HealthCare.gov, administration officials said Wednesday.
The site – the main portal for insurance marketplaces in 36 states – got 1.2 million visitors Tuesday and 1.1 million visitors Monday, according to the administration.
At the same time, call centers received more than 500,000 calls over those two days.
Despite the crush, the website, which crashed repeatedly last year, has been stable, said Kurt DelBene, a former Microsoft executive who has been overseeing the website operations as a senior advisor to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The site – the main portal for insurance marketplaces in 36 states – got 1.2 million visitors Tuesday and 1.1 million visitors Monday, according to the administration.
At the same time, call centers received more than 500,000 calls over those two days.
Despite the crush, the website, which crashed repeatedly last year, has been stable, said Kurt DelBene, a former Microsoft executive who has been overseeing the website operations as a senior advisor to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-obamacare-website-deadline-20140326,0,6912386.story
