Huffington Magazine Issue 72 | Page 10

Enter LOOKING FORWARD IN ANGST JASON LINKINS HUFFINGTON 10.27.13 KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR IS NOT GOING TO FIX A WEBSITE OW THAT the government shutdown is over, the bungled rollout of the federal Obamacare exchange website is drawing the attention it might have otherwise drawn weeks ago. So President Barack Obama took to the Rose N Garden on Monday to do a bit of crisis management. There, he correctly maintained that “there’s no sugarcoating” the problems that people trying to use the website are experiencing. The problem is, he’s still doing a lot of sugarcoating! OBAMA: Of course, you’ve probably heard that healthcare.gov, the new website where people Deborah Lielasus, 54, tried to sign up for coverage on Oct. 1 in Porstmouth, N.H., but got only as far as creating an account before the website stopped working.