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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1222005" data-attributes="member: 1246">I’m guessing it didn’t cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build either.<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57611592/s.friend-programmers-build-alternative-to-healthcare.gov/" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a> – On Friday, President Obama had this to say about problems with the Obamcare website during a speech in New Orleans: “I promise you, nobody’s been more frustrated. I wanted to go in and fix it myself, but I don’t write code.”

But plenty of programmers do write code. And three of them have created their own website that addresses some of the most annoying problems with HealthCare.gov.
In a San Francisco office shared with other tech start-ups, three 20-year-olds saw HealthCare.gov as a challenge.

With a few late nights, Ning Liang, George Kalogeropoulos and Michael Wasser built “thehealthsherpa.com,” a two-week-old website that solves one of the biggest problems with the government’s site.

“They got it completely backwards in terms of what people want up front,” said Liang. He added: “They want prices and benefits, so that they could make the decision.”

Liang showed CBS News how it worked. “You come to our website and you put in your zip code — in this case a California zip code. You hit ‘find plans,’ and you immediately see the exchange plans that are available for that zip code.”
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1222005, member: 1246"] I’m guessing it didn’t cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build either. [INDENT][URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57611592/s.friend-programmers-build-alternative-to-healthcare.gov/"](CBS News)[/URL] – On Friday, President Obama had this to say about problems with the Obamcare website during a speech in New Orleans: “I promise you, nobody’s been more frustrated. I wanted to go in and fix it myself, but I don’t write code.” But plenty of programmers do write code. And three of them have created their own website that addresses some of the most annoying problems with HealthCare.gov. In a San Francisco office shared with other tech start-ups, three 20-year-olds saw HealthCare.gov as a challenge. With a few late nights, Ning Liang, George Kalogeropoulos and Michael Wasser built “thehealthsherpa.com,” a two-week-old website that solves one of the biggest problems with the government’s site. “They got it completely backwards in terms of what people want up front,” said Liang. He added: “They want prices and benefits, so that they could make the decision.” Liang showed CBS News how it worked. “You come to our website and you put in your zip code — in this case a California zip code. You hit ‘find plans,’ and you immediately see the exchange plans that are available for that zip code.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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