The new enrollment period for California’s Obamacare health insurance exchange Covered California is just six weeks away, but there’s troubling brewing: Covered California has been juggling its resources to clear a backlog of cases requiring citizenship verification. That focus has led to serious problems at […]

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For the second day Covered California remains offline. Software glitches were reported as the cause. Ironically, this occurred right in the middle of yesterday’s Covered California’s board meeting. Ouch! We’ll have to go back and look at the tape to see the reaction of the […]

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Since we completed our preliminary taxes for 2013, I went ahead and updated my Covered California application online. I was able to finalize my application, but when I tried to choose a plan, the system timed out. I have now tried three time today… To […]

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Not exactly the best timing. Watch here.

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It’s now Obamacare O-Day +34 in California. Tried to log in but timed out… Internet Explorer attempt could not even access Web site. Foxfire site allowed me to attempt to log in, but site crashed…

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It’s now Obamacare O-Day +32. Tried yesterday…again…no luck. Couldn’t even access the Covered California Web site Here’s the screenshot:   Now, Saturday, was able to get onto site; logged in and began to complete application process. Then this message, an ugly one:   Federal Exchange […]

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It’s now Obamacare O-Day +28. I decided to take some respite away from the California Insurance Exchange, heading back east to Philadelphia for the annual NASCIO meeting. However, today I decided to give it another crack, resuming my application from where I was stopped a […]

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It’s now Obamacare O-Day +9, and we are still unable to enroll. By the way, that’s the key word here – “enroll”. I see the euphemisms floating out of Peter Lee’s shop…  “completed applications”, “partially completed applications”, “signed-up”. And then this, “Actual enrollment figures will […]

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Hot off the presses: The California State Auditor released the following report today, 2013-602, New High Risk Entity: Covered California Appears Ready to Operate California’s First Statewide Health Insurance Exchange, but Critical Work and Some Concerns Remain. TLTV still concerned that State CIO, Governor’s top […]

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