The Media and the New and Improved ACA Website

Politicus USA is reporting that the "media is forced to report on the improved ACA website." This is good news despite the fact that the media should not have to be "forced" into accurate reporting about the ACA website. http://www.politicususa.com/2013/11/30/media-finally-catches-aca-website-fixed.html We all know of the problems that have plagued the ACA website because of the media's tireless efforts to make this a household issue. Now that they are "forced" to admit that some of the website issues have been taken care of, what will they focus on next?

The New York Times 

"As the Obama administration’s weekend deadline for a smoothly functioning online marketplace for health insurance arrives, more than a month of frantic repair work is paying off with fewer crashes and error messages and speedier loading of pages, according to government officials, groups that help people enroll and experts involved in the project."

The Washington Post

“Administration officials have established a capacity goal of 80,000 consumers per hour being able to register and 320,000 people per hour who already have accounts being able to log in, according to federal officials familiar with this aspect of the project who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal details. The team has not yet attained its target of cutting the average load time across the site to no more than half a second, officials said, though it is running faster than before.”

Also of note, Media Matters is reporting that print media is hiding the success of the ACA  at reducing the rising cost of healthcare insurance. 

More on this issue can be retrieved from http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/11/27/how-print-and-broadcast-media-are-hiding-obamac/197079