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Oregon folds Obamacare website, throws in the towel
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:16 pm
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Cover Oregon on Friday became the first casualty of the state-run ObamaCare exchanges, as officials formally gave up the fight to offer residents a state health care portal. Instead, Oregon, which has been hemorrhaging millions of dollars on a barely functioning website that has failed to sign up a single person, is turning to the federal government for an out.
Cover Oregon’s full board approved the recommendations made Thursday by an advisory committee to fold its troubled portal and use the federal HealthCare.gov for private policies.
The state initially paid $134 million to Oracle Corp. to build its online exchange. Cover Oregon also spent more than $3 million on marketing the site, which included radio, television and YouTube ads, spokeswoman Ariane Holm told FoxNews.com last year.
Imagine how many poeple you could insure for 134 million dollars!
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:19 pm to Strannix
That says "initially". Is that the final tally?
Also, don't forget the $3 million in advertising.
Also, don't forget the $3 million in advertising.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:19 pm to Strannix
Screw insurance, how many people with actual maladies could be treated for that? We have this arse backwards. We need to reign in costs, not subsidize inflation.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:21 pm to CC
I blame their teabagging governor for sabotaging Obamacare. Oregon hates poor people and wants a black President to fail. If they had given a good faith effort it would have worked.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:31 pm to Bestbank Tiger
i'm hoping my sarcasm detector is on the fritz
nevermind...i'm sure it is
nevermind...i'm sure it is
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:33 pm to Strannix
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Imagine how many poeple you could insure for 134 million dollars!
Ya know, it occurs to me that forgetting the OP a second, Obama and his supporters have sort of gotten away with a fast one on the subject of the ACA.
Namely, when they tell us how much the ACA has cost to implement, I'm reasonable certain that they are NOT including the costs the states have taken up on things such as setting up their own exchanges.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:36 pm to Strannix
Serious question, did Oracle frick this up or did Oregon?
Obamacare is terrible legislation, but I can't imagine that a company with the reputation of Oracle couldn't get the website up to par, unless they just weren't given the resources to succeed.
Obamacare is terrible legislation, but I can't imagine that a company with the reputation of Oracle couldn't get the website up to par, unless they just weren't given the resources to succeed.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:37 pm to Strannix
quote:
Imagine how many poeple you could insure for 134 million dollars!
At 200/month for a year you could insure over 55000 people.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:39 pm to southernelite
quote:I actually suspect that problems like this arose for the same reason they arose with the national site. How the hell do you build a site to conform to a moving target of regulations?
Obamacare is terrible legislation, but I can't imagine that a company with the reputation of Oracle couldn't get the website up to par, unless they just weren't given the resources to succeed.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:49 pm to Choctaw
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i'm hoping my sarcasm detector is on the fritz
nevermind...i'm sure it is
It was. Looks like it's fixed now. Which is more than you can say for Ogumpcare
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:53 pm to Strannix
There are plenty of flaws with the ACA but that's just irresponsible for the state to waste that much money on a website.
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:19 pm to Strannix
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Bush's fault
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:28 pm to Mickey Goldmill
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There are plenty of flaws with the ACA but that's just irresponsible for the state to waste that much money on a website.
Shoulda used Geocities or Angelfire.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:34 pm to ShortyRob
I mean, I get that, but come on. Oracle builds financial systems that are just as intricate.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:38 pm to southernelite
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Serious question, did Oracle frick this up or did Oregon?
I would put my money on Oregon.
Oregon wanted one site to handle not just Obamacare but every government subsidy available.
Thats a lot of gov't departments to tie together.
They went too big.
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:06 pm to theenemy
According to local news final costs for cover Oregon was over 240 million...
Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:24 pm to Strannix
quote:Kind of like Sean Penn giving up on solving a math problem, and asking Whoopi Goldberg to do it for him instead.
fold its troubled portal and use the federal HealthCare.gov
Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:32 pm to theenemy
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I would put my money on Oregon.
Same here. Damn state has a knack for blowing money. Talking about a state that gets millions in income tax dollars annually from WA residents (who only use the roads, no other services) who work here yet the state constantly has money issues.
Love the state, hate the idiots in control of the local government.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:19 pm to Strannix
Their first mistake was to hire Oracle.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:31 pm to LSUintheNW
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Love the state, hate the idiots in control of the local government.
Oregon has carried the Democratic Party every POTUS election since 1988. I can't imagine why the liberals can't manage a budget and rely on others to come in and help.
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