Most of us have had trouble getting past the login page at healthcare.gov today. Fox News is already gloating (what a surprise!). However, the state exchanges are not doing any better...
Kentucky's Kynect has the following message on its homepage:
Commonwealth of Kentucky citizens have shown tremendous response to KYNECT since we established our marketplace. The KYNECT Website is currently experiencing log in issues and our technical team is working to resolve the problem. While we work on resolving the problem please browse the KYNECT website to view Medicaid offerings, Health Insurance Plans, and other useful information. Thank you for your patience and continued support.
Connect for Health Colorado:
Due to overwhelming interest, we are temporarily suspending the creation of accounts. Please continue to browse plans. Thank you for your patience.
NYStateofHealth:
server error
At Covered California:
crickets
I'm sure there are more. The bottom line is, people want this! Thus the "overwhelming interest" and "tremendous response." Keep trying...you have plenty of time and the kinks will be worked out soon. Hell, I get server errors from Netflix on Friday evenings. It's all good!