Many tried to warn officials of Obamacare website jam
By  Juliet Eilperin, Amy Goldstein and Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post
Major insurers, state health-care officials and Democratic allies repeatedly warned the Obama administration in recent months that the new federal health-insurance exchange had significant problems, according to people familiar with the conversations. Despite those warnings and intense criticism from Republicans, the White House proceeded with an Oct. 1 launch.
A week after the federal website opened, technical problems continued to plague the system, and on Tuesday people were locked out until 10 a.m., although some applicants were able to sign up as the day went on. Officials said that they were working 24 hours a day to improve the system and that they were confident it would soon be able to meet the demand. They added that there was ample time to correct the site to allow consumers to get insured by Jan. 1.
“This is a question of volume and demand exceeding anything that people anticipated,” said White House strategist David Simas, who is helping to oversee the law’s implementation. “I am confident people are working through these issues. . . . It is steady improvement.”
Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., who played a key role in passing the health-care law and has worked on its implementation, said he told White House officials early this summer he had been hearing from insurers that the online system had flaws.
“Nothing I told them ever surprised them,” Andrews said in an interview. “The White House has acknowledged all along something this massive was going to have implementation problems.”
Two allies of the administration, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the controversy surrounding the rollout, said they approached White House officials this year to raise concerns that the federal exchange was not ready to launch. In both cases, Obama officials assured them there was no cause for alarm.
Come on, freebies being handed out by the government and they didn’t think people would sign on quickly?
Its not anywhere near free and the traffic is a joke
Meanwhile, Gallup reports that the approval rating for the Republican Party has hit an all-time low: 28%
So how’s that “Take Back America” thing workin’ for ya?
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/1009/Republicans-hit-all-time-low-in-Gallup-poll.-Is-shutdown-to-blame-video
yes and so did the presidents