30-40% of Obamacare website is still being built, which leaves the site completely useless several weeks after its debut. Mr. Chao, the deputy chief information officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, describes exactly what is left to be completed,
“we still have to build the financial management aspects of the system, which includes our accounting system and payment system and reconciliation system.” Many are curious to why the site was released if these bugs were known- but not many have the answer. Chao reported that the site was pushed to use before it was ready by a group of the Obama administration, including the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mary B. Tavenner. While many are quick to dump the blame on President Obama, he explained in recent reports that this problem is widely due to the "gap between the private sector and the public sector than I.T."
History clearly shows that the president is either getting the glory for the success of something or receiving blame for something terrible that happened, and this situation is no exception to that rule. While it is clearly easy to blame Obama for his ignorance to the overwhelming issues with HealthCare.org, the more specific pieces within the executive branch's cabinet help Mr. Obama make his ultimate decision by relaying information over to him. It is clear to America that someone dropped the ball, and I'm curious to see who will be "resigning" or losing their job over it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/us/politics/health-insurance-marketplace-is-still-about-40-percent-incomplete-official-says.html?ref=us
I wonder myself why ObamaCare was allowed to start up if there are still many issues with it. I like how you mentioned the President always gets the blame or glory because he is the leader of our country. The point you brought up about who will get fired/ who will resign over this fiasco is one that many people question and it will be interesting to see who it is.
ReplyDeleteThe Obama Administration rushed Obamacare into effect without fixing the problems with the system. Presidents always get blamed for things that go wrong during their presidencies throughout history. Why did the Obama Administration rush to launch Obamacare if they knew that it would hurt them in the public. People in the executive branch will probably be loosing their jobs in the near future as a result.
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