DOOLEY Observed: Obamacare websites crash: Glitches, error messages and long delays

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Obamacare websites crash: Glitches, error messages and long delays

Heavy Internet traffic and system problems plagued the launch of the new health insurance exchanges Tuesday morning. Consumers attempting to log on were met with an error message early Tuesday due to an overload of Internet traffic.

The message read: "We have a lot of visitors on our site right now and we're working to make your experience here better. Please wait here until we send you to the log-in page. Thank you for your patience!"

The delay was as long as four minutes at 7:10 a.m.

That wasn't the end of the problems. Once logging into the exchange, a list of required security questions were left blank, and an attempt to reload the page was met with another error message: "The system is down at the moment. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Please try again later."
Another attempt at 7:30 a.m. was met with another error: "Important: Your account couldnt (sic) be created at this time. The system is unavailable."

A chat function designed to help answer consumer questions also timed out after a 10-minute wait for an agent. A government spokeswoman didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.