Little-Acorn
Gold Member
People are already finding out that their personal information from healthcare.gov is being spread around to crooks and con artists. Other than the government, that is. And yet the President wants to keep it going.
There's a little more than a week left before everything will be fixed, according to the President's promise.
Yeah, I know, the President's promise.....
How long will we have to put up with more-expensive health care that does less than what we had, leaves us vulnerable to criminals and hackers, and punishes us for not participating?
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EXCLUSIVE -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Website
EXCLUSIVE -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Website
19 Nov 2013
Many Americans have experienced the ill effects of Obamacare. Thats because the Presidents broken promises are piling up. He promised that if you like your health care plan you can keep it. But for millions of Americans, thats not true.
He said that the law would make health insurance more affordable. But across the country, Americans are seeing their premiums go up, not down. And when launching Healthcare.gov, the Obama administration said that the website was safe, secure and open for business. We now know that isnt true, either.
The website requires users to provide personal information like birth dates, social security numbers, and household incomes in order to obtain information about potential health coverage. But security experts have expressed concern about flaws in the site that put this personal data at risk and subject users to the threat of identity theft.
One of our witnesses, David Kennedy, is a white hat hacker, who is hired by companies around the world to test the security of their online systems by essentially hacking their websites. During the hearing, Mr. Kennedy gave a demonstration of the healthcare.gov websites vulnerabilities showing in real-time that hackers can access personal information on the website. Its clear that not only is the website vulnerable, its under attack.
Here are some real-life examples of people who have already had misfortune after using the Obamacare website. Mr. Thomas Dougall of South Carolina received a surprise phone call from a stranger one Friday evening explaining that he had just downloaded a letter off the Healthcare.gov website containing Dougalls personal information.
And when Lisa Martinson of Missouri called Healthcare.govs customer service after forgetting her password, she was told three different people were given access to her account, address and social security number.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
There's a little more than a week left before everything will be fixed, according to the President's promise.
Yeah, I know, the President's promise.....
How long will we have to put up with more-expensive health care that does less than what we had, leaves us vulnerable to criminals and hackers, and punishes us for not participating?
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EXCLUSIVE -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Website
EXCLUSIVE -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Website
19 Nov 2013
Many Americans have experienced the ill effects of Obamacare. Thats because the Presidents broken promises are piling up. He promised that if you like your health care plan you can keep it. But for millions of Americans, thats not true.
He said that the law would make health insurance more affordable. But across the country, Americans are seeing their premiums go up, not down. And when launching Healthcare.gov, the Obama administration said that the website was safe, secure and open for business. We now know that isnt true, either.
The website requires users to provide personal information like birth dates, social security numbers, and household incomes in order to obtain information about potential health coverage. But security experts have expressed concern about flaws in the site that put this personal data at risk and subject users to the threat of identity theft.
One of our witnesses, David Kennedy, is a white hat hacker, who is hired by companies around the world to test the security of their online systems by essentially hacking their websites. During the hearing, Mr. Kennedy gave a demonstration of the healthcare.gov websites vulnerabilities showing in real-time that hackers can access personal information on the website. Its clear that not only is the website vulnerable, its under attack.
Here are some real-life examples of people who have already had misfortune after using the Obamacare website. Mr. Thomas Dougall of South Carolina received a surprise phone call from a stranger one Friday evening explaining that he had just downloaded a letter off the Healthcare.gov website containing Dougalls personal information.
And when Lisa Martinson of Missouri called Healthcare.govs customer service after forgetting her password, she was told three different people were given access to her account, address and social security number.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)