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by pingswept 4630 days ago
Hmmm. I just created an account. The site loaded quickly. Took maybe 2 minutes to create an account. The password rules were weird, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. It seems to me that scaling a site from 0 users to millions in a couple of weeks is hard.

If it's working now, which is seems to be, what's the problem? (OK, I'll concede that $634M is totally and completely insane. But I'm not convinced by the rest of the "bad code" complaints.)
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mgkimsal 4630 days ago
Can you actually log in and do anything? I created accounts last week, and now can't log in with them, or can log in and get a blank white screen.

I've just tried creating yet another count. It's hung up on 'step 3' ('please wait' - modal spinner, assuming it's emailing my email address). 3 minutes spinning so far.

OK - it just got done. Got an email. Clicked the link. Logged in. Pause... Taken to https://www.healthcare.gov/marketplace/auth/userprofile which is just a white screen.

So... still not working for at least some people.

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pingswept 4630 days ago
Just clicked the confirmation link that appeared in my email. Had to accept some terms and conditions. I can't actually get insurance this way because I already have insurance through my state's exchange (I pretended I lived in Maine for this test account, since my state doesn't use healthcare.gov). But my profile page loaded fine. This series of steps also took less than a minute.

Anyway, sorry it's not working for you, if you're really trying to get insurance.

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mgkimsal 4629 days ago
I'm really trying to get my options. I'm in NC and I think they're limited. I'd like to get the official word from the horse's mouth, so to speak, and I can't get in.
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forgottenpass 4630 days ago
Shhh... this thread is for tossing eachother off about how much better we envision we would do in the same circumstances and indulging in the schadenfreude that comes with the first time you figure out just how much of a boondoggle government contracting has become.
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mgkimsal 4630 days ago
The USERNAME rules are even weirder (and the site's not working correctly now so I can't copy them, but here's a photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151690783318733&se...)
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