HealthCare.gov to be Out of Service For Maintenance that Inconveniences the Customer for Those Seeking Coverage by March 1

What is wrong with this picture …

As reported at The Onion   The Hill, HealthCare.gov will be out of service for two and a half days beginning on Feb. 15 so that they can perform annual systems maintenance activities. During this period of time the site will be lacking some enrollment functionalities. Get this, those individuals seeking coverage by March 1 must have signed up online by Feb. 15, but with the website maintenance, those registering at the last minute won’t be able to find out what plans or subsidies they qualify for. Um, I guess it is only the government that schedules maintenance of a web site that completely inconveniences the user. You just can’t make this stuff up.

HealthCare.gov will be out of service for two and a half days beginning on Feb. 15 — the last day people can sign up to obtain coverage that begins on March 1.

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced in a blog post on Monday that the ObamaCare website would be lacking some enrollment functionalities so the Social Security Administration can conduct its annual systems maintenance activities.

The site will be out of order from 3 p.m. on Feb. 15 until 5 a.m. on Tuesday — a period that coincides with the long holiday weekend.

Those seeking coverage by March 1 must have signed up online by Feb. 15, but with the website maintenance, those registering at the last minute won’t be able to find out what plans or subsidies they qualify for.

The CMS is encouraging these users to call a hotline to complete the process.