Stupid people can't figure out how to use the internet

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AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:57 AM

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We have a lot of people just like this through no fault of the Internet, but [because] people are not educated on how to use the Internet," he said.

- Harry Reid

Seriously, Harry is blaming a lack of education for the problems people are facing in trying to sign up for O-Care ?

Hell, why not just blame AlGore ? Oh, yeah. Can't do that. He's a Democrat too.

You can just SMELL the Dems desperation!

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to explain the Obama administration's latest decision to extend a key ObamaCare deadline by saying people just "are not educated on how to use the Internet."

The explanation, which glossed over the myriad technical problems HealthCare.gov had for weeks after its October launch, came as the administration faced Republican criticism for a late-breaking decision to extend a looming deadline for some. Open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act federal exchanges is set to end March 31, but the Department of Health and Human Services will let those who start the application process before that date have a bit more time to finish.

Reid, and the Obama administration, will not call the change a "delay."

"We have hundreds of thousands of people who tried to sign up and they didn't get through," Reid said during a press conference, before describing the difficulties people have with the Internet in general.

"There are some people who are not like my grandchildren who can handle everything so easily on the Internet, and these people need a little extra time. ... The example they gave us is a 63-year-old woman came into the store and said, 'I almost got it. Every time I just about got there, it would cut me off.' We have a lot of people just like this through no fault of the Internet, but [because] people are not educated on how to use the Internet," he said.

The administration has fixed many of the major issues with HealthCare.gov since its disastrous launch. But it continues to lag behind its enrollment goals. Giving people more time to sign up could boost those enrollment numbers.

Officials made clear, though, that they will rely on the honor system with this extension. Those who come to the site after April 1 will have to attest that they were in line before that date.

House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that the move has rendered another ObamaCare deadline "meaningless."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/26/reid-on-need-for-obamacare-
extension-people-not-educated-about-internet/

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:19 AM

We already knew they were stupid... they voted for Obamination - twice even. There is a reason they are known as libtards.

WHOZIT

Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:20 AM

They're all too busy down loading porn.

GEEZER

Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:22 AM

Too bad that who ever did the planning for the exchanges didn't realize that some of the older people signing up might not be familiar with the internet and prefer to either use paper documents or do the signup face to face.

Looks like the Rule of the Seven Ps strikes again.

"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:49 AM

Harry Reid ( 74 ) relays an example of a woman ( 63 ) who apparently was so damn ignorant on how to use the internet, she kept cutting herself off before she was able to sign up.

How gorram precious.

Apparently these folks are too stupid to make use of the other means of signing up, like calling, or finding a brick and mortar walk in location, or SOMEHOW contacting one of the ACA's glorious navigators.

Because lack of education has obviously left certain folks in the dark over these things too.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:26 AM

Less than a week after Obama admin. officials testified before Congress that there WOULD NOT BE a delay beyond March 31 for the individual mandate, Obama announces a two week delay. So add another lie to his list. He's so desperate to hit some imaginary sign-up number that he doesn't see what all of these arbitrary delays have actually done. For this, a person merely needs to click a button to ask for a delay. No proof of any excuse or explanation is needed. And beyond the new April 15 deadline, a person only has to say they're "confused or unable to sign-up" to get an indefinite deadline waiver. So in reality, there is NO individual mandate. All that fighting with Republicans over it, and even the Supreme Court decision was all un-necessary bullshit.

Also, the "back end" of this, the part that links Healthcare.gov enrollees to insurers and vice-versa is still not built. There is no central database to provide information as to how many have actually paid for the plan they signed-up for, and no information as to quality assurance of plan benefits or actual delivery of services

And lastly, there is still, after four years and 157 White House visits by the IRS Commissioner, no system or method in place for the IRS to levy fines against individuals or businesses who do not comply with the law.

Obamacare is dead. And the Democrats in Congress know it. They don't neeed Nate Silver to tell them their goose is cooked. Only the truly delusional ones would have been surprised by his prediction.

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:34 AM

3 x's , this month alone, we were told there would absolutely NOT be any extensionm, and that March 31st was " DEADLINE ".

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

SECOND

Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:39 AM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Obamacare is dead. And the Democrats in Congress know it. They don't need Nate Silver to tell them their goose is cooked. Only the truly delusional ones would have been surprised by his prediction.

The numbers on how many have signed up for Obamacare are at http://acasignups.net/

The Tea Party is very bitter, bitter, bitter about those numbers
www.salon.com/2014/03/25/republicans_losing_it_over_new_obamacare_data
_why_their_position_is_collapsing/

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:56 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

BIG Mandy Patinkin fan here!

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:16 PM

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Originally posted by second:
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Obamacare is dead. And the Democrats in Congress know it. They don't need Nate Silver to tell them their goose is cooked. Only the truly delusional ones would have been surprised by his prediction.
The numbers on how many have signed up for Obamacare are at http://acasignups.net/

The Tea Party is very bitter, bitter, bitter about those numbers
www.salon.com/2014/03/25/republicans_losing_it_over_new_obamacare_data
_why_their_position_is_collapsing/

second - big difference in who has signed up, and who has enrolled ( paid ). There's legitimate reason for anyone to cry foul over this admin's dishonest reporting of the numbers on this matter.

The Admin first claimed the min target was 7 million, then 6 million ( when it became clear that 7 wasn't happening ). THEN they tried to claim 7 million was NEVER their target. ( lie ).

The only thing collapsing here is O-Care.

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