Sunday New York Times wasn’t on the sidewalk this morning. Search party (only because they had other errands to run) reported sold out at both Barnes & Noble and Harris Teeter, with the B&N clerk reporting not a lot of copies were delivered there in the first place.
Must be some sort of systemic problem. Too bad, because i was getting ready to praise the NYT for its recent Obamacare reporting. And if the it’s the New York Times reporting it….
Even some supporters of the Affordable Care Act worry that the flaws in the system, if not quickly fixed, could threaten the fiscal health of the insurance initiative, which depends on throngs of customers to spread the risk and keep prices low.
“These are not glitches,” said an insurance executive who has participated in many conference calls on the federal exchange. Like many people interviewed for this article, the executive spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying he did not wish to alienate the federal officials with whom he works. “The extent of the problems is pretty enormous. At the end of our calls, people say, ‘It’s awful, just awful.’ ”
Good news –if see it that way —is the Sunday N&R made it, with a letter form editor Jeff Gauger about upcoming changes:
Feedback? Bring it on. Can’t find something or have a complaint, even a compliment? Email me….
Looks like Gauger’s caught on to his audience. Still I couldn’t help but take notice of today’s big front-pager on the ‘center city metamorphosis’ that turned out to be about a 600-word article with a full-page map of developments projects accompanied by huge bold face quote from Community Foundation president Walker Sanders, who adds that in five years Greensboro will be “the premier center city in the southeast United States,” especially after GPAC opens up.
Then again maybe Gauger’s still catching on.
