'I'm going to have to cook some meth': 'Affordable care' plans not so affordable

It’s October 1, the day when unicorns frolic across the land because the “Affordable” Care Act is finally here. Finally.

One Twitter user in California successfully navigated that state’s Obamacare website and was able to get an actual quote. Alas, the plans weren’t quite as affordable as promised.

No hope. And no change to spare:

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384926252903067648

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384926401909886976

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384926784564641792

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384927135804043264

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384927571156008960

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384927950979620864

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384928182282895360

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384928514329169921

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384929040437481472

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384932772017500160

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384933518419050496

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384934292968599553

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384935880948854785

https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/384938771063390209

Several other Twitter users had similar reactions:

https://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/status/384940856605933568

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"@DefendWallSt: $996 a month for insurance? Seems affordable.". I would be looking at 2500 a month

— Crooked County IL (@CrookedCountyIL) October 1, 2013

I just checked out the cost of health insurance on the Florida Obamacare exchange. Looks like I'm going to have to cook some meth.

— Tony Hrvatska ?? (@tonybalogna) October 1, 2013

On the (questionably) bright side, the above tweets show that a few people were able to actually access Obamacare’s glitch-ridden health insurance exchange websites.