Month: October 2013

On the Monday edition of his radio show, Sean Hannity called the Obamacare hotline.   Since President Obama had given out the number during his presser in the Rose Garden earlier in the day, it seemed like a good idea. He managed to get through to a representative named Erling Davis. After a few minutes of talking about the ‘glitches’ on the Obamacare web site, Hannity veered off and the conversation went into subjects such as her living in Panama City, Florida, the fact that she doesn’t vote, her lack of knowledge of certain talk radio hosts, and the differences in weather in Panama City and New York. He even got her to read the script they are given on air: “Thanks for your interest in the health insurance marketplace. We are having a lot of visitors trying to use our website right now. This is causing some glitches for some people trying to create an account or log in. Keep trying and thanks for your patience. You might have better success during off-peak hours like later at night or early in the morning. We’ll continue working to improve the site so you can get covered.” (And that’s it.) Erling admitted that there are scripts for everything: they have to type in keywords and then the script comes up for them to read to the consumers. The conversation then...