
High demand for health insurance coupled with confusion between contractors led to many of the problems that have plagued the HealthCare.gov website meant to allow uninsured Americans to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act, an official with the top contractor will say in prepared testimony to a House panel Thursday. Ref. USAToday
Jeffrey Zients, President Obama's appointee to lead the fix of the problems on the HealthCare.gov website, said Friday the problems will be fixed in a month. He said there were problems with getting applications but the difficulties can be fixed. Ref. USAToday
Were Sorry And Well Fix Website Health Officials Promise
The head of the agency running the troubled federal government health insurance website apologized for the website's problems Tuesday, promising they will be fixed.
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The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before launch that the federal health care website was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN.
The caution, from main contractor CGI, warned of a number of open risks and issues for HealthCare.gov even as company executives were testifying publicly that the project had achieved key milestones.
CBS: More Than Two Million Americans Being Dropped From Their Health Insurance Plans:
CBS This Morning reported Tuesday more than two million Americans will not be able to renew their current health insurance policies because of Obamacare. That is said to be more than triple the number of people buying insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Ref. Source 3
An internal government memo, obtained by CNN today and written just days before the Obamacare website opened, warned of a "high" Security risk because of a lack of testing of the website.
"Due to system readiness issues, the (Security control assessment) was only partly completed," Said the memo from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "This constitutes a risk that must be accepted and mitigated to support the Marketplace Day 1 operations." Ref. CNN
Tech titans Oracle, Google and Red Hat are joining the effort to "Address the problems around Healthcare.gov," The federal website for Obamacare, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Obamacare website has been plagued by slowdowns and limited functionality since its rollout on October 1. Ref. CNN