NObamacare!!

  After three weeks of the Obamacare websites being open to the public there have been many negative complaints. Many people are having difficulties signing into healthcare.gov. When the site was first launched there was an error that wouldn't let you sign into the network and kept you on a page that appeared to be loading. But, as of now applicants are sent an error message. Maura Grady, from Florida, expressed to CNNMoney her frustration about the network flaws. When asked if she would try it again she replied "2, maybe 3 years! When I'm in the mood for some aggravation." I thought that was hilarious, but at the same time unfortunate that a problem caused her so much stressing which is going to make her miss out on a great opportunity. But, hey, can we blame her?

   Another great issue is that when isurers are getting the applicants forms sometimes very important information is missing like their full name, address or email address. Since the Obamacare plan is starting out to be a major busy it looks like the economy is going to suffer (as if the government shut down wasn't already bad enough). Obamacare care was made to help people, not to add stress. These issues need to be fixed immediately if the website is going to be effective for applicants because they are not going to waste there time on it.

Privately Public.

  The owner of a privately run inn along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is back in business five days after the federal government forced him to close as a result of the governments inability to reach a budget.

Bruce O'Connell, owner of the pisgah inn, told Fox News that hopefully his business was reopening and by Wednesday it was. 

O'Connell was one of the many private business owners who argued that the government implemented on their rights/ability to sufficiently make money, and the closing down of his inn was yet another example. 

Congress and their inability to come up with a new budget affects this business owner because his inn/gift shop/country store was leased on federal land it was temporarily closed putting a small dent in Bruce's pockets. 

Initially he attempted civil disobedience and kept his shop open, but his rebel days were short lived due to rangers from the national park service showed up and block the entrance refusing to let anyone enter. 

O'Connell reports that there were 3 cars of 5 rangers attending to a 24/7 blockade to prevent any business of and sort until billing was possible. 

Rep. Doc Hastings, chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, told FoxNews, “It appears to me the Obama administration is choosing to make this shutdown as painful as possible by unnecessarily forcing privately run small businesses to close just because they happened to be located on public lands, especially when this didn’t happen in the last government shutdown." 

Wednesday marked the ninth day of the government shutdown and hundreds of thousands of federal employees are unpaid, such as veterans, federal land including national parks, and even cancer treating places such as NIH are unable to accept new applicants. 

The government are relentlessly searching for a solution, but until then many government services shall remain on hold.  

Hidden Consequences

The government shutdown was dedicated to repeal or change unrelated laws, which in turn would benefit the people of our nation, but once again the government has overlooked the downfall of their decision. 

One recipient of the shutdowns consequences is 30 year old cancer patient, Michelle Langbehn. She has a rare form of cancer known as fibrosarcoma and was days away from being accepted to the national institute of health, but now that the government has closed they are now not able to accept any new applicants. Cancer is unpredictable so in the event that overnight Michelle's cancer advances to a deadly stage would the blood be on the governments hands? 

Another example is Ameri-Corp who provides an learning environment for underprivileged children as well as jobs to the unemployed, but now that the national budget isn't settled their funding may not make it in time to open their winter program. This is depriving the possible chance to further educate those born without  the same advantages as others, thus lowering their chances to make the economical impact our nation truly needs. 

Even the 57 year old disabled veteran, Robin A. Davidson has to deal with the consequences. The navy reservist was supposed to have surgery this week at Travis Air Force Base, but because of the shutdown, it was canceled. So as of know he is trapped with the constant pain in which he quoted as, significantly impacting his ability to work and due to his failure to meet the required age for retirement, he must muster the strength to continue. 

All in all the shutdown was done with good intentions, but certain provisions to further minimize its consequences should've been taken. Although the effects are a bit extreme, it serves as a guideline to be corrected in the event that a shut down is ever required again, just as every other failure in American society.