Every day is a new opportunity (to go lower).

One would presume that the RNC is better funded than to produce this pathetic piece of shit.

The standalone tool is written in Delphi and performs layer seven requests to get the healthcare.gov webpage. The tool alternates between requesting the following URLs:
https://www.healthcare.gov
https://www.healthcare.gov/contact-us

...the request rate, the non-distributed attack architecture and many other limitations make this tool unlikely to succeed in affecting the availability of the healthcare.gov site.

I don't see any reason why they would even care to run interference, the best way to destroy ACA is letting it precede without any obstructions.  The entire thing is an abomination unless your a major insurance company collecting the profits from it.

fortinbras wrote:

I don't see any reason why they would even care to run interference, the best way to destroy ACA is letting it precede without any obstructions.  The entire thing is an abomination unless your a major insurance company collecting the profits from it.

Bad news for you sunshine, it ain't going away.  Next comes the "Supplemental Insurance" for the high earners.

The Big Insurance & Big Pharma are laughing all the way to the bank, only pausing momentarily to slip a nice fat check into each and every congressman's pocket.

fortinbras wrote:

The entire thing is an abomination unless your a major insurance company collecting the profits from it.

Just the way it was when the Heritage Foundation wrote it.

So Phredd, would you be an advocate for the single payer platform?  I agree with you on the main, btw, but universal healthcare is the mark of a civilized country, wouldn't you agree?

Dmtdust wrote:

So Phredd, would you be an advocate for the single payer platform?  I agree with you on the main, btw, but universal healthcare is the mark of a civilized country, wouldn't you agree?

Actually, I do not agree that universal heathcare is the answer.  Every time our government takes control of a program, fraud and costs escalate and services diminish.  There is no incentive for bureaucrats to watch over the costs, especially when we could expect hoards of lobbyists from the drug companies, and providers of medical services and equipment to be shipping our representatives and bureaucrats off to vacations on Aruba.  Just take a look at the cost of military equipment and you get the idea.

You may point to medicare as a model.  But, medicare cannot go too far out of line right now because the standards for costs and service are set by private care.  Remove the private care and you turn the dogs loose.

The current system is not perfect, but it could be vastly improved by increasing competition between drug and medical providers and insurance companies.  Some medical tort reform would also help.

Dmtdust wrote:

So you will ignore the data from France and elsewhere where the health care is better overall (I know this first hand, believe me) and still go with the idea of markets. 

It hasn't worked very well so far, but hey.

Germany's is tops in the world, so much to the point that our sports stars travel there for surgery now; oh and they're kicking our asses economically also.