Welcome to the Roach Motel

Salon.com's depiction of a human roach motel

Once you get into the Obamacare enrollment system, good luck getting out. As reported by Huffington Post, 

The health law’s least popular component — the requirement to obtain insurance or face a tax penalty — also features a lengthy list of exceptions for people facing certain hardships like foreclosure, domestic violence or homelessness. Members of certain religious sects or Native American tribes also are exempt. But if the online system for getting into Obamacare coverage is rickety, the system for getting out of the mandate doesn’t even exist yet. HHS says it will take another month at least for the administration to finalize the forms.

The Obama administration estimates that as many as 12 million people will seek exemptions through the federal enrollment system. But if they try now through HealthCare.gov, a customer service representative will tell them that applications aren’t available.

Millions of citizens can, indeed must, check in under penalty of law. But they can't check out.

Next thing you know the Obama administration will recruit Muhammed Ali for the not so affordable health care act celebrity promotional push. If his track record is any indication, he'll pack the necessary punch.