As Twitchy reported, Hawaii was having an even more difficult time than most states in getting its health insurance marketplace online, falling back on paper applications due to software problems and aiming for an October 15 relaunch. Today was that day, and Hawaii Health Connector proudly announced online that it was open for business (on paper, at least).
Two weeks after Oct. 1, Hawaii's health insurance exchange, @HIConnector, just opened for real, per press release.
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 15, 2013
@HIConnector we must have vastly different ideas of "open for business" and "functioning when open for business". Navigating the site now.
— Denise Laitinen (@DeniseLaitinen) October 15, 2013
@HIConnector please check again as message on site is "This website is temporarily unavailable, please try again later."
— Steve Tam (@stevetamHI) October 15, 2013
Is it working or not? Well, both.
Health exchange website still not working http://t.co/7Ca3zLnvs1
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) October 15, 2013
Update: Hawaii health exchange website now working http://t.co/Gtvk61UYi5 #healthcare
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) October 15, 2013
Hawaii's health insurance exchange website worked briefly after noon today, but was soon offline. Update at http://t.co/7Ca3zLnvs1
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) October 15, 2013
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In Hawaii, “open for business” means both “working” and “not working.”
There’s always telephonic communication.
Aloha. We're currently experiencing high traffic to our site. Please call 877-628-5076 for assistance. We're working to address the issue.
— HI Health Connector (@HIConnector) October 15, 2013