No one in the government made sure the many complex parts of the federal health-insurance website worked together properly, and testing of the complete site didn't take place until two weeks before its Oct. 1 launch, contractors said at the first congressional hearings into the matter.
"It seems like we've got several fingers but no palm here," said Rep. Michael Burgess (R., Texas), as contractors for the site repeatedly pointed blame at each other and at the Obama administration.
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The contractors said each of their pieces worked more or less as intended, but the HealthCare.gov website was nearly paralyzed when they were bolted together. The federal agency overseeing the site also took on the job of integrating the many parts of the system—an unusual arrangement for such a complex project.
Testing of the complete package took place in the final two weeks before the launch and revealed problems, contractors said. But they couldn't name who in the government was responsible for addressing the problems or making key decisions.
An executive of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. unit said at the hearing that his company learned of one key change—disabling a feature allowing users to browse for plans anonymously—about 10 days before the website went live.
"We don't know who made the decision, when it was made, or why it was made," said Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president of UnitedHealth's Optum unit.Read the Full story HERE.
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"Testing of the complete package took place in the final two weeks before the launch and revealed problems, contractors said. But they couldn't name who in the government was responsible for addressing the problems or making key decisions."
How about the Buck stops WHERE IT'S always stopped under any other Presidency?
This is simply mind-boggling. Are they all stupid? Apparently yes.
How are we supposed to have faith in ANY part of this law? None of it makes a lick of sense, and was it ever even supposed to make sense? It was thrown together and everyone, including OBAMA himself didn't even know WHAT WAS IN IT.
But he sure makes a darn good campaigner, does he not? Too bad that has nothing to do with actually BEING president.
Now, I suppose he will just keep repeating that this healthcare fiasco was all a Republican idea, so blame them.
-Martha
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