Tuesday, August 5, 2014

GAO REPORT: Obamacare Website Rollout Disaster was a result of the Obama Administration's Incompetence (auto-on-audio)

A failure of management by the Obama administration led to the disastrous rollout of the ObamaCare website and caused the government to incur tens of millions in additional costs, according to a congressional watchdog report released Wednesday.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded after a months-long investigation into the rocky rollout of Healthcare.gov that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ failure to establish “effective planning or oversight practices” was to blame for website’s myriad problems after it was launched.
Among the issues, investigators found that the administration kept changing the contractors' marching orders for the HealthCare.gov website, creating widespread confusion and adding tens of millions of dollars in costs. Changes were ordered seemingly willy-nilly, including 40 times when government officials did not have the initial authority to incur additional costs.
As a result, the government has spent $840 million on Healthcare.gov and its supporting systems, according to the report.
"The rollout of the Affordable Care Act was an unmitigated disaster," Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., said Thursday at a hearing on the matter held by a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.
"The rollout of the Affordable Care Act was an unmitigated disaster," Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., said Thursday at a hearing on the matter held by a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.
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