{"id":1443,"date":"2013-11-20T05:28:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T13:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2013-11-20T05:28:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T13:28:39","slug":"obamacare-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thomas-hopp.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/20\/obamacare-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Obamacare for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Obamacare<\/a>Whew! I almost had to admit I was too dumb to make it through the Obamacare website IQ test. But I hung in there.<\/p>\n

Along the way, I realized something. Dumb people will have some trouble with Healthcare.gov. And I realized something else. Stupid people will not be able to use it at all.<\/p>\n

I had my challenges. It took me two tries, and each time I tried, it took me more than a half-hour to fill out all the forms and numbers. Toward the end, with more than an hour of my precious time invested, I was beginning to have my doubts. But I kept on keepin’ on.<\/p>\n

At one point, I got bounced right off the system. I got a screen that said, “Error! Your session has been terminated!” I definitely felt like giving up and shouting out that Obamacare really does suck.<\/p>\n

But then I went back onto the site and lo and behold, I had entered some of my own information incorrectly. So, actually I was to blame for getting bounced. I think some of Obamacare’s critics might do well to go back and see if they haven’t been responsible for their own failings. Doh!<\/p>\n

Anyway, once I put in the correct information–voila! A page flashed up in a couple seconds with 38 different plans I could look at. A bunch of them are cheaper than the one I’ve got now. How ’bout that?<\/p>\n

So now I’ve got the new problem of having too many good healthcare choices. That’s what I get for being Mr. Smartypants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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