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re: Insurers reportedly receiving faulty data from ObamaCare exchanges [W:143]
They have people via phone to assist and explain, that aren't expensive middlemen salesmen. So comparing buying insurance online to talking to an individual is disingenuous. Try talking to an individual and then compare.
As for the OP topic...
OH, horrors, you mean people who are using on-line forms aren't using them fully and correctly, which may or may not be on purpose (I have no doubt some folks are online just trying to f' with the system so it appears to have even more problems than it does). Gee who'd have figured that people who may never had insurance before, might not get everything perfect the first time out. Even those that had insurance before rarely had choices, being it was whatever the boss decided.
Another thing that bothers me about this exchange is the fact that it takes insurance salespeople out of the mix. The greater majority of people need someone to interpret insurance legalese. Even though these programs are supposed to be idiot proof? When I was able to briefly view options, they were confusing to me. I've learned that if I'm confused, the greater majority of people are as well.
Insurance salespeople are able to cut through the baloney and compare features. There's a huge assumption being made that people are going to take the time and have the smarts to wade through the exchange and determine what policy is most advantageous for them. That, in my opinion, is a mistake.
They have people via phone to assist and explain, that aren't expensive middlemen salesmen. So comparing buying insurance online to talking to an individual is disingenuous. Try talking to an individual and then compare.
As for the OP topic...
OH, horrors, you mean people who are using on-line forms aren't using them fully and correctly, which may or may not be on purpose (I have no doubt some folks are online just trying to f' with the system so it appears to have even more problems than it does). Gee who'd have figured that people who may never had insurance before, might not get everything perfect the first time out. Even those that had insurance before rarely had choices, being it was whatever the boss decided.