2013年 12月 18日 07:50
白宮任命微軟高管負責醫保網站的建設工作
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巴馬政府週二任命微軟公司(Microsoft Corp.)高管Kurt DelBene接替Jeffrey Zients負責網站HealthCare.gov的建設工作。DelBene曾任微軟Office部門總裁，此次他將成為衛生與公眾服務部部長Kathleen Sebelius的高級顧問，并將監督HealthCare.gov項目以及陷入困境的健康保險市場。
Colleen McCain Nelson
10.31
Troubled Start for Health Law Has Democrats Feeling Anxious
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
President Obama now faces broad and mounting Democratic concerns
that the troubled start of the insurance program will impact Democratic
candidates in next year's midterm elections.
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By ANNIE LOWREY
Officials worry that insurance risk pools could become too risky if
not enough younger people sign up for coverage, causing premiums to
escalate.
約10天前美國的健保交易網站
Health insurance marketplace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_marketplace
問題多多.
開發成本比iPhone的1億5千萬美金更多.
不過或許系統太複雜以及時間太趕.
測試時間太少.....
問題多.
現在美國搶救中
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Obama: 'No excuse' for health care website problems
Monday, 21 Oct 2013 | 11:44 AM ET
President Obama says Obamacare is working well overall, but he wants the website problems fixed.
Following widespread tech glitches that
have plagued the Obamacare rollout, President Barack Obama said Monday
that there is "no excuse" for the website problems but stressed that the
insurance marketplace is working.
Obama said the site "isn't working the way it should be" as he spoke with consumers, small business owners and pharmacists who have been affected by the new law in the White House Rose Garden on Monday.
Obama said the site "isn't working the way it should be" as he spoke with consumers, small business owners and pharmacists who have been affected by the new law in the White House Rose Garden on Monday.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
"There's no sugarcoating it," he said. "The website has been too slow. People have been stuck during the application process."
(Read more: Should Sebelius be fired?)
The move is the highest-profile step in a broad damage control effort that the administration has launched since technical problems with the website, healthcare.gov, have prevented Americans nationwide from signing up for Obamacare, which launched Oct. 1.
(Read more: Should Sebelius be fired?)
The move is the highest-profile step in a broad damage control effort that the administration has launched since technical problems with the website, healthcare.gov, have prevented Americans nationwide from signing up for Obamacare, which launched Oct. 1.
President Obama on Obamacare issues
President Obama spoke about
the core idea of the Affordable Care Act and alternative ways to sign up
on the health care exchanges. CNBC's John Harwood reports the details.
On Sunday, the Department of Health and
Human Services said in a blog post it was bringing in a "tech surge" of
people from inside and outside government to help iron out glitches in
the online insurance exchanges that are a central part of Obamacare.
The post noted that more than 20 million unique visitors to date have visited the site. So far, about 476,000 health insuranceapplications have been filed, said Obama administration officials.
On Sunday, the website was updated to provide additional information about other ways to purchase insurance through the exchanges, including by phone, in person or making in an application, Obama noted.
"While the website will ultimately be the easiest way to purchase insurance though the marketplace, it isn't the only way," he said.
He added that more staff have also joined the exchanges' call centers, which have been reached by calling 1 (800) 318-2596.
The post noted that more than 20 million unique visitors to date have visited the site. So far, about 476,000 health insuranceapplications have been filed, said Obama administration officials.
On Sunday, the website was updated to provide additional information about other ways to purchase insurance through the exchanges, including by phone, in person or making in an application, Obama noted.
"While the website will ultimately be the easiest way to purchase insurance though the marketplace, it isn't the only way," he said.
He added that more staff have also joined the exchanges' call centers, which have been reached by calling 1 (800) 318-2596.
Obamacare: State of confusion
What is being done to fix the issues plaguing Obamacare exchanges? CNBC's Bertha Coombs has the latest details.
Republicans in Congress have chastised
Obama's top health adviser, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, for
declining their invitation to testify about the glitches to an oversight
panel on Oct. 24. A spokesperson for Sebelius said on Monday that she
does intend to testify before Congress about Obamacare's troubled
rollout but no specific date has been confirmed.
"We have always indicated to the committee that she intended to testify but that she had a scheduling conflict. We continue to work with them to find a mutually agreeable date in the near future," the spokesperson added.
Last week, The New York Times reported that Sebelius was resisting Republican pressure to resign, citing people close to her.
—CNBC with Reuters
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"We have always indicated to the committee that she intended to testify but that she had a scheduling conflict. We continue to work with them to find a mutually agreeable date in the near future," the spokesperson added.
Last week, The New York Times reported that Sebelius was resisting Republican pressure to resign, citing people close to her.
—CNBC with Reuters
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- New York Times - 1 day ago
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Promised Fix for Health Site Could Squeeze Some Users
By ROBERT PEAR and SHARON LaFRANIERE
The White House said that it would fix the insurance marketplace by Nov. 30, raising the question of how people whose current policies do not comply with the law will get new coverage in time.
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