Let's give a hand to the GEEK HEROES, many of them unpaid volunteers, who fixed the Federal exchange

[pnwmom]

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after the initial disaster.

The one I know is Curt Delbene, a former Microsoft executive who's married to Suzan Delbene, a Democratic Congresswoman here in WA state. He's been heading the efforts to make the Federal Exchange work since December. The rules required him to take a nominal salary, but he's been donating it back and working, days and nights, for free.

But there are many others who dropped everything else in their lives and jumped in to help -- and who've tirelessly given of their time and effort to pull off this achievement.

Congrats and thank you to them all!!!



And to all the Navigators and Facilitators and Brokers and Everyone Else who signed people up.



And DUer JI7 just reminded me of another hero, Michael Robertson, a White House aide with stage 4 cancer who's also been throwing himself into making the ACA successful.



http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-cancer-20140329,0,3402142.story#ixzz2xVkC3Ko6

[JI7]

1. and to the people who are helping others in signing up

[pnwmom]

2. Absolutely!

[JI7]

3. have you seen this ?

i try to do what i can but i work most of the time. but even if i wasn't working as much i wonder if i would be able to do what so many volunteers do .

and this guy is especially impressive.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024757271

[SoapBox]

7. Please everyone...click the link and then read the article..

My minor aches and pains are nothing.

Thanks to Michael and everyone else for helping to change history in America.

[pnwmom]

10. I added the link to the OP, too. He's an amazing person. n/t

[Auntie Bush]

4. Those people are what I consider TRUE heros.

They meet the definition of hero! Thank you one and all. You saved this country, the Democratic party, President Obama and all the lives of people who had preexisting conditions and those who will get serious illnesses in the future. I could go on and on but I won't now.

My thanks to all you Geeks.

[3catwoman3]

5. They deserve that...

...and more!

[Walk away]

6. Thank you to every person who made this day possible.

You have saved many lives and given millions of people hope.

[Cha]

8. Good thought, pnwmom! Here's a short history leading up to this day..

… #HOPE

TOD

[idendoit]

9. Long may volunteer geekdom reign.

[IronLionZion]

11. Obama's Trauma Team:

http://time.com/10228/obamas-trauma-team/

A very interesting read for those in the tech field on how they fixed the back end of the site.

There's another very interesting piece on how they initially got the front end up:

Healthcare.gov: Code Developed by the People and for the People, Released Back to the People

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/healthcaregov-code-developed-by-the-people-and-for-the-people-released-back-to-the-people/277295/

[pnwmom]

12. Yes, I read that Time article, too. Too bad it's behind the payment wall. n/t