I am ashamed to air my dirty laundry out in the open. The truth of the matter is it is totally against my pride. However, the truth of the matter is I quit my job in June, am in the midst of a divorce, and only have health care through December. I need to get insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges. I will begin substitute teaching next week and will be pursuing an Education Degree in the spring. However, I have attempted to apply and enroll at least two dozen times since open enrollment began and I am in the same place I was at the beginning.
Fortunately I have enlisted the help of a private contractor who is going to help me through the process. The problem is simply this: the Healthcare.org has no contingency for anyone who is not living where they lived when they filed taxes in 2013. Nor does it have the algorithms in place to understand divorce. So, the website will not comprehend why I need individual coverage when I supposedly have a wife and two kids (our divorce will be finalized mid-December). I have spoken to two representatives on the phone and they have resorted to enrolling me under my current tax status and telling me to change the info in December.
I don't know if any of you saw this, but I saw an interview on CNBC with a techie, and he said he could have designed a better system than what exists now, for less than 10 million. To date, the current cost of designing and implementing the system has cost the American taxpayers more than a half billion.
I hate I am in the predicament I am in right now and wish I didn't have to go through this, but gee whiz, what a waste!
Fortunately I have enlisted the help of a private contractor who is going to help me through the process. The problem is simply this: the Healthcare.org has no contingency for anyone who is not living where they lived when they filed taxes in 2013. Nor does it have the algorithms in place to understand divorce. So, the website will not comprehend why I need individual coverage when I supposedly have a wife and two kids (our divorce will be finalized mid-December). I have spoken to two representatives on the phone and they have resorted to enrolling me under my current tax status and telling me to change the info in December.
I don't know if any of you saw this, but I saw an interview on CNBC with a techie, and he said he could have designed a better system than what exists now, for less than 10 million. To date, the current cost of designing and implementing the system has cost the American taxpayers more than a half billion.
I hate I am in the predicament I am in right now and wish I didn't have to go through this, but gee whiz, what a waste!
