It’s October 1, the day when unicorns frolic across the land because the “Affordable” Care Act is finally here. Finally.
One Twitter user in California successfully navigated that state’s Obamacare website and was able to get an actual quote. Alas, the plans weren’t quite as affordable as promised.
No hope. And no change to spare:
http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384926401909886976 http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384927135804043264 http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384927950979620864 http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384928514329169921 http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384932772017500160 http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384934292968599553 http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/384938771063390209Several other Twitter users had similar reactions:
http://twitter.com/#!/CrookedCountyIL/status/384939835900706816 http://twitter.com/#!/tonybalogna/status/384927023950344192On the (questionably) bright side, the above tweets show that a few people were able to actually access Obamacare’s glitch-ridden health insurance exchange websites.