I figured out how to make the insurance exchanges work; put Wiley Coyote in charge. No doubt, the Roadrunner's nemesis can invent some Rube Goldberg device that fixes all the problems so that it's smooth sailing for consumers when the exchanges open for business on October 1. Anything has got to be better than this. Wall Street Journal: Less than two weeks before the launch of insurance marketplaces created by the federal health overhaul, the government's software can't reliably determine how much people need to pay for coverage, according to insurance executives and people familiar with the program. So not only will your personal information be open to hackers, you are probably going to get an incorrect quote from the government designed, government run computer system. Government officials and insurers were scrambling to iron out the pricing quirks quickly, according to the people, to avoid alienating the initial wave of consumers. A failure by consumers to sign...(Read Full Post)