Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Health Site's

On October 21, 2013 The New York Times published an editorial under the name The Health Site's Chaotic Debut Written by The Editorial Board.
The editor basically talks about the technical issues that are happening with the ACA application site. the website is freezing and cutting people off in the middle of  their application process. Congressional Republicans are blaming it the president Obama and very eager to use this issue as evidence that health care reform is doomed to failure and ought to be delayed.
The Editorial Board sees and explains that the ACA website problems are not president Obama responsibility. The editor argues that the problem is a responsibility of the administration office "Even so, carrying out the law and making the technology work is the responsibility of the administration — as are the swift repairs required to ensure that millions can actually sign up for the coverage they need".
I personally agree with The editors argument because the public can not blame everything goes wrong with government system on the president. Each governmental office in has its' own responsibility, and the technological issues with the health care are not necessarily the president responsibility, plus the president does not do everything by himself. however the president hired professionals to fix the website issues. and "increased staffing at call centers that will help people enroll by phone at all hours of day and night, counselors (called navigators) in each state who will help people enroll in person, and applications that can be downloaded and mailed in".
Also the president Obama promised to help the people who have already filled out the application and got stuck somewhere in the process, that the government will help them out in the next weeks to find the best way to finish submitting their applications.
After all the president can not solve everything right away but Obama is trying to find alternative ways to help people out until the ACA website is running properly.

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