KGMB-HI: Hawaii Man Spends Two Months Trying To Enroll In Correct ObamaCare Plan

Oahu man waits nearly 2 months for Obamacare insurance (KGMB)

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Waikele man who waited nearly two months for health insurance that he signed up under Obamacare may have been the victim of bad advice and a fluke in Kaiser Permanente's computer system. 

Roughly 4,300 people in Hawaii have enrolled for health care under the new program since October 1, but this man has been waiting for seven weeks to be get coverage. 

"I'm just afraid that if I do get hit by a bus that no one will take care of me because one, I don't have health insurance to be covered," said Rob Rabideau who decided to enroll for health insurance on Christmas Eve, the first deadline for the Affordable Care Act, after being without insurance for five years.   

He went online to the Hawaii Health Connector web site and signed up for a Kaiser bronze plan. But a few hours later he said he decided he wanted a Kaiser gold plan, which would cost him about $100 more a month but offered lower co-payments. So he called the Hawaii Health Connector.