Obamacare and the Unforgiving Gauntlet

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Comment:

Article is written by an IT specialist.  With all due respect, a reference to a specialist is just asking to be bullshitted.  Not that the guy doesn't know what he's talking about.  Besides, he could very well be right.  However, keep in mind this one thing:  a computer program---- which could consist of millions of lines of code--- can be halted by any one of those lines of code.  That halt could be intentional or inadvertent.  If it is inadvertent, it is subject to the testing mentioned in his article.  If it is intentional, no testing is required in order to restore functionality, because the "error" is already known, and can be "corrected" easily.

What goes on in the black box is out of sight and out of mind.  Nobody knows but the people who produce the black box.  Make the code open source, and this problem goes away.  At least in theory.

Just saying, don't ever disregard the possibility of dishonesty.  There may not be anything seriously wrong with the code.  It could have been fixed so that it won't run properly.  The claim of programming errors could be a smoke screen for another problem:  such as lack of funding.