Tuesday, October 22, 2013

HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov



HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov
Alistair Barr, Kelly Kennedy and Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY 8:22 a.m. EDT October 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The international telecommunications company Verizon has been tasked with helping the government fix the federal health exchange, USA TODAY has learned.

An informed source in the telecommunications industry said Verizon's Enterprise Solutions division has been asked by the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the performance of the HealthCare.gov site, which is a key component of the Affordable Care Act. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not been made official.

Department of Health and Human Services
Howard K. Koh is the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Barack Obama administration, and his brother is Harold H. Koh.

Note: Harold H. Koh is Howard K. Koh’s brother, was the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Donna E. Shalala was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Hugh B. Price was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at Verizon Communications Inc.
James A. Johnson is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a director at Gannett Co., Inc., and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
USA Today is a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.
Allen H. Neuharth was the chairman & CEO for Gannett Co., Inc., and the founder of USA Today.

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