ObamaCare website crashes when CNN tests upgraded version

ObamaCare website crashes when CNN tests upgraded version. “I have to say it did work a lot more smoothly this morning.” Yeah, it let’s you type in a lot more stuff before it loses all of it.

This post was last modified on January 26, 2021

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  • Probably been posted before, but it tickled me:

    Setting up a password - NSFW language
    This story is allegedly about setting up a password on the Obamacare website but it could apply to so many sytsems...

    I decided to go on line to sign up for Obamacare. The first thing you need to do is establish a password, so this is what happened....

    "You must enter a password to proceed."
    -roses

    "Sorry, too few characters."
    -pretty roses

    "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character."
    -1 pretty rose

    "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces."
    -1prettyrose

    "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters."
    -1fuckingprettyrose

    "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character."
    -1FUCKINGprettyrose

    "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively."
    -1FuckingPrettyRose

    "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters."

    -1FuckingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightFuckingNow!

    "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation."

    -1FuckingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightFuckingNow

    "Sorry, that password is already taken."

  • From what they are saying on the news, the website that is supposed to handle 50k users, sent people to the que after 30k users got online.
    Now, they are saying 30% of the people that think they are now insured, aren't!

  • Saw this Tweet on another website:

    "Complaining about a broken Obamacare website is like complaining about a blown head gasket on a molester's van."

  • May I just note I said it would never e r work by Dec 1. As did a boatload of sensible people! And I a m not a computer nerd by any stretch of the imagination

  • Well that was an impressive way to show you've reached one of the deadlines you just decreed a couple of weeks before. Maybe we need to pump another 500 million into it.

      • Isn't that the worst thing ever? Stuck in the airport with nothing but CNN blaring on the tube. At least some places have the Weather channel on instead.

  • Vastly improved = you do more data entry before it crashes and loses your data.

    When any leftist talks about Obama Care remind them that this is a would inflicted on America by the democrat party and only the democrat party.

    • Great analogy. After spending all afternoon trying to replace the thermostat on my '91 Volvo (a 20 minute job) I feel eminently qualified to accept employment with the federal government.