Over 50% of Top Obamacare Agency Posts are held by Acting Caretakers

Perhaps a comparison could be made of trying to find people to take Permanent positions on the crew of the Titanic once the Life boats had been lowered?

Eighteen of the 32 top management jobs in the federal agency that is "ground zero" for running Obamacare are either vacant or filled on an acting basis. The agency is the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. Its problems start at the top.

Gary Cohen's last day as CCIIO's deputy administrator after less than two years on the job will be March 31, the latest departure from the agency. Including Cohen's position, more than half of the most important jobs in CCIIO are either vacant or held by caretaking “acting directors.”

Cohen is the third director in the agency’s short four-year history. His last day coincides with the official deadline for Obamacare signups, though the White House extended the signup deadline on Tuesday. The agency has overseen implementation of the most vital parts of Obamacare, including insurance regulation and pricing, operation of state health insurance exchanges, consumer support and the establishment of start-up health care cooperatives to compete with private insurers.

That's why CCIIO has been a magnet for criticism. In January, House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., flatly told Cohen, "You ought to be fired." The vacancies and caretaker statuses within CCIIO can be seen in six of its eight operational groups.

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