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bigworld

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 10:06 AM Oct 2013

Maryland Still Working on Health Exchange Website

Source: CBS Washington DC

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As Maryland’s new online marketplace for health insurance continues to have trouble handling a deluge of requests to set up accounts, state health officials are exploring alternative ways to create those accounts, the state’s health secretary said Wednesday.

Dr. Joshua Sharfstein said tens of thousands have visited the site but fewer than 100 people so far have actually enrolled in a health plan through Maryland Health Connection. Sharfstein estimated that hundreds have been able to create accounts online.

“We’ve had a significant bottleneck in getting people accounts,” Sharfstein said in an interview late Wednesday afternoon.

Supporters of the health care overhaul are emphasizing that there will be plenty of time for people to enroll, because coverage is not scheduled to begin until Jan. 1. Sharfstein also said that people have been able to shop for plans online, once they create an account.

Read more: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/02/maryland-still-working-on-health-exchange-website/



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The site is a total mess, and an embarrassment. Elementary HTML coding errors and such. It's like it wasn't even tested prior to this week.
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Liberal_Stalwart71

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3. Like New York, I think the site is being hacked. Cuomo called for an investigation and found this
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 10:34 AM
Oct 2013

to be true. I think O'Malley needs to do the same.

It's still going to be a success in the end.

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