# Want Obamacare Care? Call 1-800-F1U-CKYO **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360 "2013-10-04T15:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/1 "2013-10-04T15:03:16Z")
Can’t make something this good up. 😛😛 Yet another indication how poorly this Obamacare mess was planned. Last I heard their web site is still crashing too. I hope their insurance is better than their tech planning and support. > [@](#): > > Social media users are all over the Obamacare phone number after it was pointed out the official hotline nearly spelled out a swear. > > The official national hotline Health and Human Services advertises for healthcare help is 1-800-318-2596. > > On a dialpad, the number spells out 1-800-F1U-CKYO. > > The discovery spawned the #ObamacarePhoneNumbers trend on Twitter with critics of the Affordable Care Act taking aim and the law. > > Proposed numbers include 1-800-404-FAIL, 1-800-HOT MESS and 1-800-SOY-LENT ext. Green. > > Read more: [Obamacare phone number spells swear, Internet goes wild - UPI.com](http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/10/03/Obamacare-phone-number-spells-swear-Internet-goes-wild/9791380824001/#ixzz2glXlvmO5) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/2 "2013-10-04T15:09:08Z")
It _nearly_ spells out a swear? Who gives a crap? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/3 "2013-10-04T15:09:46Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Can’t make something this good up. 😛😛 Yet another indication how poorly this Obamacare mess was planned. Last I heard their web site is still crashing too. I hope their insurance is better than their tech planning. Of course it’s crashing. If there was enough server capacity to handle the expected first day rush, there would have been hysterical screeching about the added expense. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/4 "2013-10-04T15:11:37Z")
Total non-story, unless you’re an easily amused grade-schooler I guess. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/5 "2013-10-04T15:12:37Z")
I knew someone who had a phone number where the last 4 digits spelled out ‘‘NUDE.’’ It was actually helpful in remembering his phone number. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/6 "2013-10-04T15:14:53Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Of course it’s crashing. If there was enough server capacity to handle the expected first day rush, there would have been hysterical screeching about the added expense. Especially since the sign up period is through the end of the year - if you sign up now, all it gets you is being done with it. You don’t get insurance any sooner than January 1. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/7 "2013-10-04T15:25:30Z")
So, receiving a random number that spells nothing is poor planning now? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/8 "2013-10-04T15:29:38Z")
I agree it doesn’t mean much. But it is kind of funny. I’ve been reading some of the twitter suggestions for new numbers. Some are quite imaginative and suggest acts that are physically impossible to perform. 😃 It’s a new gov program. We got to make fun of it for a little while. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/9 "2013-10-04T15:30:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Can’t make something this good up. 😛😛 Yet another indication how poorly this Obamacare mess was planned. Last I heard their web site is still crashing too. I hope their insurance is better than their tech planning and support. You’ll be happy to hear then that it’s not “their insurance.” Everyone will still have private insurance which we all love so much currently. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/10 "2013-10-04T15:30:49Z")
Perfect timing! I’m just drinking some iced tea, so could I borrow that straw you grasped at? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/11 "2013-10-04T15:41:06Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I agree it doesn’t mean much. Oh come on. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Yet another indication how poorly this Obamacare mess was planned. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/12 "2013-10-04T15:42:18Z")
OMG **aceplace57** this is the funniest thing I’ve read all _year_!! LULZ!! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/13 "2013-10-04T15:44:58Z")
Clearly, it’s impossible for the website to be crashing due to too much traffic. After all, nobody wants Obamacare. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/14 "2013-10-04T16:12:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s a new gov program. We got to make fun of it for a little while. _That_’s your excuse? This is pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/15 "2013-10-04T16:18:43Z")
I wasn’t attacking Obamacare. Lots of people are having a harmless chuckle at the Obamacare phone gaffe. It’s all over twitter and other social media. I needed a laugh today. It’s been a long week and the weekend is still 6 hours away. I thought others might enjoy this too. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/16 "2013-10-04T16:21:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wasn’t attacking Obamacare. What a compliment this was! > [@aceplace57](#): > > Yet another indication how poorly this Obamacare mess was planned. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/17 "2013-10-04T16:22:43Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wasn’t attacking Obamacare. This is a self-negating sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/18 "2013-10-04T16:27:41Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wasn’t attacking Obamacare. Lots of people are having a harmless chuckle at the Obamacare phone gaffe. It’s all over twitter and other social media. That it’s all over Twitter proves nothing. _Everything_ is all over Twitter. And the only press mention you found was in the Unification Church-owned UPI. > [@aceplace57](#): > > I needed a laugh today. And I _am_ laughing, but not at the story. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/19 "2013-10-04T16:28:57Z")
I’m no fan of Obamacare, but this really was just intended as a joke thread. Any big gov program will have startup glitches. Somebody goofed with this phone number. Any number published to millions of people should be checked first for any embarrassing words that can be created with the letters. This has been fertile joke material for 75 years. Anyone in communications or public relations knows that. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360/20 "2013-10-04T16:37:02Z")
This is the best argument that’s ever been made against Obamacare. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-obamacare-care-call-1-800-f1u-ckyo/670360.md?page=2)