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July 31, 2014
The Government Accountability Office Report: Obamacare Website Has Cost Taxpayers $840 Million
The Government Accountability Office Report: Obamacare Website Has Cost Taxpayers $840 Million
The Obama administration has spent roughly $840 million on HealthCare.gov, including more than $150 million just in cost overruns for the version that failed so badly when it launched last year.
The Government Accountability Office says cost overruns went hand-in-hand with the management failures that led to the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov and the 36 state insurance exchanges it serves.
GAO’s report, prepared for a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday, details a long series of management, oversight, and contracting problems that plagued the entire process, from risky contracting practices in 2011 through the botched launch last October.
A massive repair effort got the site stabilized by January, and despite the early failures, the administration ended up exceeding its enrollment target for this year. More than 8 million people chose plans through Obamacare, including the 36 states whose marketplaces run through HealthCare.gov.
All the same, GAO says, similar problems could arise again without structural changes in the way the government manages its contracts and spending.
Wild Thing's comment...............
I have never seen anything like it, the way Obama and his people spend money, money that is from our tax dollars.
None of them have an ounce of being responsible in their DNA.
Posted by Wild Thing at July 31, 2014 12:48 AM
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And the MILLIONS upon MILLIONS wasted in Afghanistan makes me want to vomit! Just 3 months away until we take back the US Senate!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at July 31, 2014 06:17 AM
