Feds: 100 Million Policies Likely To Be Canceled; Floridians Signed Up: 2: "Uh-oh."

Fox News is reporting:

Under the health care law, businesses with fewer than 50 workers do not have to provide health coverage. But if they do, the policies will still have to meet the benefit standards set by ObamaCare. 

An analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, shows the administration anticipates half to two-thirds of small businesses would have policies canceled or be compelled to send workers onto the ObamaCare exchanges. They predict up to 100 million small and large business policies could be cancelled next year. 

Uh-oh.

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Speaking of "uh-oh":

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius visited South Florida on Tuesday to meet with navigators tasked with assisting Floridians with signing up for Obamacare, Miami’s CBS affiliate reported.  

As the HHS Secretary made the rounds of North Shore Hospital in Miami, she took the time to watch a woman, Carmen Salerno, sign up for health insurance via the online marketplace at healthcare.gov.

But as Sebelius looked on, the system crashed, as has become the norm for the glitch-filled website.

“The screen says I’m sorry but the system is temporarily down,” Brian Andrews, a reporter with CBS4 who was reporting on Sebelius’ visit, noted as he leaned over her shoulder.

The HHS Secretary tried to gracefully brush off the notice, simply saying, “Uh oh,” and Salerno attempted to come to her aide.

The good news, from the same article:

At a news conference held later in the day, Sebelius reported a whopping two more South Floridians had successfully signed up to receive coverage through healthcare.gov in the hours during her visit. She went on to say she recognized the frustration many were feeling because of the malfunctions with healthcare.gov.

I don't think the federal government could have screwed up the health care insurance industry any more had they tried. This is truly incredibly, being excited/relieved/happy over "onesies" and "twosies" successfully signing up. [And, of course, the two lucky folks who signed up can now worry about their identity being stolen by hackers.]

The web site, as you all know, will be considered "working smoothly" if 80% of folks are able to access it. I know in Nigeria, they consider the commercial airline industry "working smoothly" if 80% of airplanes land safely.