davej 251 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 In the USA this website is the big news of the week, or perhaps the month... http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/11/three-guys-built-better-healthcaregov/71195/ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57611592/s.f-programmers-build-alternative-to-healthcare.gov/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2497637/Three-20-year-old-programmers-build-working-Obamacare-website-just-days-government-do.html So is... http://www.thehealthsherpa.com/ ...really better, cheaper, faster, smarter, more stable than... https://www.healthcare.gov/ ...and how could three young programmers, Ning Liang, George Kalogeropoulos, and Michael Wasser, in just a few days outpace the teams from CGI Federal and Optum, the official contractors for the project who have been working on the project for many months? Well, maybe we are comparing apples and oranges since http://www.thehealthsherpa.com only provides a portion of the functionality that https://www.healthcare.gov involves itself in, such as creating secure online accounts... but there are serious questions... http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/05/us-usa-healthcare-technology-analysis-idUSBRE99407T20131005 The browser is asked to load 92 files of which 56 are Javascript files? Why? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sora 0 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I like it, without any images it's going to open up light speed. I am not American but I seem to hear there have been a lot of problems with the healthcare.gov one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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