Compiled and summarized by The Market Institute.
More concerns are being raised about Obamacare after Secretary Sebelius’s comments about the Healthcare.gov tech surge “not being where we want it to be” and enrollment numbers being “very low” next week (Politico).
With work being done around the clock on Healthcare.gov, Secretary Sebelius testified that shutting down the website to implement fixes would not be beneficial. Correcting glitches will continue while the site is up and running (CNBC).
The punch list of problems with the federal exchange number into the hundreds leaving many wondering if the Administration will hit the self-imposed end of November deadline to fix the site (Wall Street Journal).
Bipartisan calls to delay parts of the Affordable Care Act were categorically rejected by Secretary Sebelius (New York Times).
Questions about the security and privacy of Healthcare.gov are mounting as many are left wondering how secure the website actually is (Associated Press).
The official in charge of technology at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Tony Trenkle, will be retiring on November 15h. As CIO, he helped oversee and was partly responsible for the failed Healthcare.gov launch (CNN).
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) called on Kathleen Sebelius to resign during her appearance in front of the Senate Finance Committee, expressing his disappointment with the complete lack of information supplied to Congress about the website’s development (Wall Street Journal).
