Veterans' Online Benefits Systems Plagued by Problems For Year and a Half

Kinda like healthcare.gov

The glitches and other problems with the ObamaCare website that sparked a national firestorm are similar to those military veterans using the federal government's online benefits system have routinely faced for about the past 18 months.

Eric Jenkins, a veteran and American Federation of Government Employees representative, recently told Congress that during January the Veterans Benefits Management System crashed about once a week with downtimes ranging from one hour to multiple days.