Friday, August 1, 2014

Obama Shoots Himself in the Foot

Good thing he is covered by a generous taxpayer-funded plan outside Obummercare.

Related: Obamacare Plans Forecast Unhealthy Fall For Democrats 

Just a quick check-up today:

"US investigation faults oversight of health care website" by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Associated Press   July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON — Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for the computer woes that paralyzed the president’s new health care program last fall, nonpartisan investigators said in testimony released Wednesday.

Behind the administration’s repeated assurances that consumers across the land would soon have seamless access to health care, a chaotic procurement process was about to deliver a stumbling start.

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Investigators found that the administration kept changing the contractors’ marching orders for the HealthCare.gov website, creating widespread confusion and leading to tens of millions of dollars in additional costs. Changes were ordered in seemingly arbitrary fashion, including 40 times when government officials did not have the initial authority to incur additional costs.

Looks impeachable to me.

The report faults the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services — for ineffective oversight.

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Two contractors took the lead on the computerized system:

Virginia-based CGI Federal built HealthCare.gov, the consumer-facing portal to subsidized private health insurance under the law. The site serves 36 states, while the remaining states built their own systems.

Related: State Cuts Check For CGI Screw-Up

QSSI, based in Maryland, was responsible for an electronic back office that helps verify personal and financial information to determine if consumers are eligible for tax credits to help pay their premiums.

There wasn't anyone else they could call for help?

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Administration is their job, and they failed.