# Today is the last day of Open Enrollment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300 "2014-12-15T16:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/1 "2014-12-15T16:48:54Z")
…and the Health Insurance company website is down. LOL ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/2 "2014-12-15T16:54:57Z")
Welcome to sort of Open but really somewhat Closed Enrollment. Thank you for calling, your call is important to us. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/3 "2014-12-15T16:58:30Z")
Whaaaaaa… !!! On the news this morning they said that the Obamacare website was handing the traffic just fine. Maybe they meant that when they checked at 3:02 AM, it was running fine 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/4 "2014-12-15T17:08:46Z")
Not Obamacare, my corporate health plan. Prices went up (do the ever NOT go up??) so I’m switching to the HMO offering. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/5 "2014-12-15T17:16:07Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > …and the Health Insurance company website is down. > > LOL …Have you tried calling ‘Penitents Express’ yet? Maybe the system has separate on-sight access or a back-door work around? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/6 "2014-12-15T17:35:31Z")
I called them directly and spoke to a Customer Service Drone. All I needed to complete my enrollment form was the PCP ID numbers for our docs, but that’s not required for the enrollment. They said I can call anytime and add/assign/choose doctors. We’re not thrilled with any of our PCPs, so if they’re not in network, it’s no great loss. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/7 "2014-12-15T17:41:20Z")
It’s a law of tech. If you are doing \*anything \*last-minute, something will break. The server will crash. PowerPoint will eat your presentation. Your laptop will spontaneously combust. Hope it comes back up soon. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/8 "2014-12-15T18:39:31Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > Not Obamacare, my corporate health plan. Jesus! Don’t do that! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/9 "2014-12-15T18:45:44Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > Not Obamacare, my corporate health plan. > > Prices went up (do the ever NOT go up??) so I’m switching to the HMO offering. Our group plan is several thousand dollars less per employee starting January 1. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-last-day-of-open-enrollment/707300/10 "2014-12-16T01:47:37Z")
I’m so glad I have employer coverage now. Last year I had to get my Senator’s office involved and wait almost a month just to reset my password. :mad: And the policy I got was overpriced crap compared to the non-compliant medically underwritten once I was already on from the same company.