Feds Promise a Repaired Obamacare Website by November 30

To their credit, they didn't say what year.

The Obama administration said Friday that it would fix problems in the federal health insurance marketplace by Nov. 30, just two weeks before the deadline to sign up for coverage to replace health insurance policies being canceled because they do not meet new federal standards. 

To help meet that schedule, the Obama administration, in an abrupt shift, named a “general contractor” Friday to fix the troubled website of the federal marketplace.

Such a condensed schedule raises the question of how hundreds of thousands of people whose current policies do not comply with the health law will obtain new coverage in time. 

Jeffrey D. Zients, President Obama’s troubleshooter on the project, said the general contractor, Quality Software Services Inc., a unit of the UnitedHealth Group, would “manage the overall effort,” like a general contractor on a home improvement project. Notably, that company had a role in developing one of the most troubled components of the marketplace, which helped verify the identities of those registering.

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Until now, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, led by Marilyn B. Tavenner, served as the quarterback, trying to coordinate the work of dozens of contractors. 

Outside experts said the agency did not have the expertise or resources to be the “system integrator” for such a complex, ambitious project. Two people involved in the effort said the schedule for repairs was aggressive

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