Healthcare.gov going offline nearly every Sunday for 12 hours during enrollment

I&#x27;m British, so bare with me with these questions..<p>Do people have any time between the 43 days of availability to pick their planned coverage plan?<p>That sounds fair?<p>------<p>Political Comments:<p>I&#x27;ve tried to keep up to speed with the numerous Reddit threads[1], but from my understanding, even if the GOP are trying to sabotage the signup, this is just par for the course when it comes to GOP tactics to get their own way... but surely people can plan accordingly and still sign up?<p>------<p>Tech Comments:<p>12 hours maintenance, every single weekend?! What the heck.. are they literally pulling out tape disks from production servers? None of this adds up.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;politics&#x2F;comments&#x2F;71w94m&#x2F;heathcaregov_to_go_down_for_maintenance_during&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;politics&#x2F;comments&#x2F;71w94m&#x2F;heathcareg...</a>

Why is there an enrollment period at all? Why can&#x27;t you enroll any time during the year? This limitation makes no sense.

In case you were in any doubt as to whether this government had the interests of its citizens at heart.

I can tell you covered California is just as bad if not worse. The user experience is appalling. My tax dollars at work outsourced.