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Re: [school-discuss] healthcare.gov website
This 9/18/13 interview attributes the failure of healthcare.org to their
use of closed code - it really is a FOSS issue.
http://www.onthemedia.org/story/healthcare-dot-ugh/
On 11/13/2013 08:46 AM, marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
We don't usually talk politics here . . . and I don't think we should
start . . . but . .
Since I quit teaching in 2011 and could not find another job, I have
been without health insurance. I am a pretty healthy tough old chick,
however . . . I fractured a bone or two in my foot digging in my
garden last March. Since I do not have insurance, I have just been
toughing it out. If I am off my feet for a day or two, it starts to
heal. But when I can't do that, it hurts like h&%ll. It would be
so great to go to the doc and get it fixed.
I live in the U.S., and so the Affordable Health Care Act is a pretty
great thing for me. I don't know how many on this list are in my
position and have gone to the site to sign up . . . . but it is the
most horrible user interface on a website I have ever seen. Honestly
. . . I think someone must be paid dark money to screw it up.
I have made many websites over the years and as a teacher, created
many forms for tests and quizzes.
http://healthcare.gov makes the user "save and continue" after every
question. Any web developer with a brain would create a form that all
(and there are not that many) questions are answered, and then you hit
"submit" at the end. In the current design, the server is sent a save
command about 50 more times than necessary. No wonder it is so slow.
The user should be able to hit "submit" after the questions, and
then upload his/her 2012 tax return pdf too.
I think we should make some "fix the form" noise. It could be a big
push for FOSS too.
I have written every email I can find about this . . . . but the
website continues to suck . . . for no logical reason.
Marilyn
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