The beleaguered and joke-punchline Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, may have finally turned the corner. Since October 1, launch day of the individual and small business health insurance marketplace, the website has been near impossible to use. In turn, the collapse of the site has been a political nightmare for the President and those who supported passage of the Affordable Care Act.

As reported by The Hill, the Healthcare.gov’s error rate is now lower than 1 percent, according to Jeff Zients, the former White House budget director who was enlisted to triage the website.

He admitted there were more bugs to address before the November 1 self-imposed deadline for having a working site, according to the Administration.

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A significantly improved ObamaCare enrollment site is seen as one development that could help turn the news in Obama’s favor. But many users are still facing serious problems with the system, casting doubt on how quickly the repair effort is moving.

Technicians working on the site are also facing headwinds as more and more people log in to purchase coverage. Applicant numbers are expected to rise week on week until Dec. 15, the cut-off for people to enroll if they want plans that begin Jan. 1.

Zients said his next priority is adding capacity to the system, which is currently handling 20,000 to 25,000 users at one time. He noted that there were no unscheduled outages on the site in the past week, a positive sign, and that more than 60 bugs were recently fixed.

Full Story: Official: HealthCare.gov errors below 1 percent (TheHill.com)