Drudge Report, Oct. 10, 2013, 9 AM EST: All that needs to be said about government, computing and healthcare

Per <a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/">Drudge Report</a>. Oct. 10, 2013, 9 AM EST:<br /><br />From the same people who brought us HITECH, the stimulus bill for rapid rollout of commercial electronic medical records, order entry, results reporting and other components of enterprise clinical "command and control" software for hospitals through which every transaction of care must pass.<br /><br />More IT malpractice.  The Drudge links, as they appear on the page: <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/obamacare-healthcare-gov-website-cost/">Obamacare website cost more than FACEBOOK, TWITTER, LINKEDIN, INSTAGRAM...</a><br /><a href="http://thehill.com/video/house/327489-boehner-obamacare-threatens-fines-but-fails-to-deliver-care">'How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work?'</a><br /><a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/politics-national/?third_party=many-tried-to-warn-officials-of-obamacare-website-jam"> Major insurers, Dem allies repeatedly warned Obama admin...</a><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/10/09/3-million-obamacare-website-may-face-months-glitches-experts-warn/">REPORT: WH knew site might not be ready...</a><br /><a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/poll-rollout-health-exchanges-gets-thumbs-down#overlay-context=article/anti-government-protesters-dog-taiwan-national-day">POLL: Just 1 in 10 report success...</a><br /><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/debbie-wasserman-schultzs-shocking-insufficient-rambling-response-to-msnbc-on-obamacare-enrollees/">DNC head says site designed for 50,000 max...</a><br /><a href="http://www.infowars.com/once-you-get-into-the-obamacare-website-you-cant-get-out/">Once you get in, you can't get <i>out...</i></a><br /><a href="https://www.healthcare.gov/marketplace/global/en_US/registration.js">Crazzzzzzzy code...</a><br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57606633/obamacare-website-looks-like-nobody-tested-it-programmer-says/">'It looks like nobody tested it'...</a><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/some-say-health-care-sites-problems-highlight-flawed-federal-it-policies/2013/10/09/d558da42-30fe-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.html?hpid=z3">WASHPOST: Not code, but 'outdated, costly, buggy technology'...</a><br /><a href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/09/carney-i-dont-know-if-obama-has-used-health-care-website/">CARNEY: 'I Don’t Know' If Obama Has Tried Website...</a><br /><a href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/10/hawaii-relaunching-obamacare-exchange-after-not-selling-any-health-insurance-due-to-software-problems/">Hawaii forced to relaunch after zero sign-ups...</a></b></b></span></span></blockquote><br /><br />I won't comment any further; I don't think I need to.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxvlYhb12vWVBwgfbAaRyFwgypKV8y0E58B8ndx9GQ10QJ2Z_aOyJsdVFRsFs6jv8GM3TsIVJ06wIU3ADiSUO8Kh8uOVTzEVjheehWDk6xSre92w_Rlew0e-EPt9MY09j06M1CL-ekt02/s1600/drudge_computers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxvlYhb12vWVBwgfbAaRyFwgypKV8y0E58B8ndx9GQ10QJ2Z_aOyJsdVFRsFs6jv8GM3TsIVJ06wIU3ADiSUO8Kh8uOVTzEVjheehWDk6xSre92w_Rlew0e-EPt9MY09j06M1CL-ekt02/s400/drudge_computers.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drudge Report, Oct. 10, 2013, 9 AM EST.  <b>Click to enlarge.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Of course, the Anecdotalists [1] and Denialists [2] will probably say this is all a "glitch" and that things will be great in ver. 2.0.<br /><br />Fools all.<br /><br />Oh, and the cost, via Drudge, per the linked story.  A mere:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><tt><b><tt><b><span style="font-family: ARIAL,VERDANA,HELVETICA;"><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/10/09/gross-u-s-taxpayers-shelled-out-634320919-to-build-obamacare-website/">$634,320,919</a></span></b></tt></b></tt></span> </div><br />-- SS<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">[1]  See "<b>Health IT: On Anecdotalism and Totalitarianism</b>" at  <a href="http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/09/health-it-on-anecdotalism-and.html">http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/09/health-it-on-anecdotalism-and.html</a>) </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">[2]  See "<b>The Denialists' Deck of Cards: An Illustrated Taxonomy of Rhetoric Used to Frustrate Consumer Protection Efforts</b>" by Chris Jay Hoofnagle, available at <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=962462">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=962462</a>)</span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;">Oct. 10, 2013 addendum:</span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Also see "<b>Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website</b>" at <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/05/us-usa-healthcare-technology-analysis-idUKBRE99407T20131005">http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/05/us-usa-healthcare-technology-analysis-idUKBRE99407T20131005</a>.  If the allegations here are even partially true, every programmer and manager who ever worked on this system should be summarily fired and never permitted to touch another computer involved in healthcare - ever.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">-- SS</span><br /><br />

Drudge Report, Oct. 10, 2013, 9 AM EST: All that needs to be said about government, computing and healthcare

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