The prolonged glitches with the ObamaCare website are frustrating many of the president’s most high-valued customers -- the young, tech-savvy generation that helped him win two terms and whose participation is critical to the success of the health care exchanges.
“You see this situation especially with college students,” Michael Cipriano, a student at American University told FoxNews.com on Friday. “They get frustrated, which creates a disincentive to sign up."
President Obama is depending on young people being the backbone of his signature, 2010 health care law. Typically among the mostly healthy Americans, their premiums were supposed to help finance coverage for the elderly, poor and others with long-term illnesses and more frequent emergency-care visits.
However, the glitches and other problems that have plagued the exchanges since they went online Oct. 1 could put the plan in jeopardy. The administration runs healthcare.gov for the 36 states that chose not to have their own sites. The 14 other states and the District of Columbia run their own site but are still part of ObamaCare.
“Based on what I’ve seen, people were really excited at first, then turned away,” said Cipriano, who tried successfully to navigate the site and is a junior who writes for the conservative-leaning, online college publication The College Fix.
He and other critics point to a recent study by Kantar US Insights, based on the findings of the Millward Brown Digital research firm, that shows site visitor-ship dropped by 88 percent over roughly the first 13 days.Read the rest of the story HERE and view a related video below:
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9 comments:
Thank God the 'INTELLIGENT', non-sheepie young adults of America can see Obamacare for what it is. A badly put together Ponzi Scheme with them as the victims.
STAY STRONG young America.....don't fall victim to the hype and REMEMBER, 'COMMON SENSE' dictates that your health Insurance should be a lot LESS than older/sicker Americans.....'YOU' should not be subsidizing anyone......NO ONE should be required to buy a product they don't want or need.
Amen, Bosman! We're doing our part! 3 out of my 4 kids are not signing up. One might because of a pre-existing condition. I told you guys my kids are a perfect example of why this isn't going to work.
-Martha
And then my youngest child, who is only 17 already has her own insurance.
-Martha
Consumer Reports says stay away. Very brave of them, actually.
-Martha
BRAVO! The young need to let the older know that we don't give a f##k about your pre existing diseases. The over 40 are useless to us!!!
Problem is, most of these MORONS voted for Obama, and will line up to vote for Hillary in 2016. That's how we end up with messes like this.
Problem is, most of these MORONS voted for Obama, and will line up to vote for Hillary in 2016. That's how we end up with messes like this.
My daughter has a 'immigration documentation' problem, and we can't proceed until that problem is 'fixed'. She was born in Salt Lake City.
Ellie
Ellie, good gravy, what a mess. And it's just the tip of the iceberg.
-Martha
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