https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/10/23/health-industry-consultant-healthcare-gov-is-in-de-facto-shutdown/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 14:41:41 -0400<![CDATA[That&#8217;s the highlight of a devastating, click-now-and-read-it-all interview between Ezra Klein and Bob Laszewski, who&#8217;s become a mainstay of reporting on Healthcare.gov due to his contacts in the insurance industry. Laszewski&#8217;s point is simple: Although the site is still online, HHS is basically frozen in repairing it until they figure out how to get the back-end part running smoothly first. Unless and until the site&#8217;s database starts transmitting accurate information about enrollees to the insurance companies, they don&#8217;t dare fix the front-end part to make it easier for people to enroll. If they do, enrollees will start flooding in and insurers will end up buried under an avalanche of garbled registration paperwork. Result: Total chaos next year when coverage takes effect and people start filing claims. As things stand right now, the disaster on the front-end is actually preventing the disaster on the back-end from being even more disastrous. That&#8217;s the degree of incompetence we&#8217;re dealing with here.]]>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:41:36 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/10/23/health-industry-consultant-healthcare-gov-is-in-de-facto-shutdown-n210626