Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Democrat calls for ObamaCare probe (Video)



Democrat calls for ObamaCare probe (Video)
November 11, 2013, 05:03 pm
By Jonathan Easley
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) will ask two oversight agencies for a full-blown investigation into the problems surrounding the ObamaCare launch.

Hagan, who is up for reelection in 2014, is asking her Senate colleagues to co-sign a letter asking two agencies to conduct “a complete, thorough investigation to determine the causes of the design and implementation failures of HealthCare.Gov.”

“These problems are simply unacceptable, and Americans deserve answers and swift solutions,” Hagan writes in a letter obtained by The Hill. “Taxpayers are owed a full and transparent accounting of how the vendors contracted to build the site failed to launch it successfully.”

The letter, which is in draft form and could be changed, is addressed to the Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Flaws singled out by Hagen include website crashes, error messages, log-in and account creation difficulties, privacy issues and bad data being sent to insurance providers.

Hagan’s letter focuses primarily on the contractors the government hired to build the website. A handful of companies, CGI Federal and QSSI in particular, have been under the microscope since blaming HHS for the site’s botched launch in front of a Congressional panel last month.

QSSI has since been named the general contractor tasked with fixing the HealthCare.gov’s problems.

Hagan’s letter highlights the anxiety over ObamaCare being felt by centrist Senate Democrats facing reelection next year.

She is one of three red state Democrat facing reelection in 2014 who support a bill that would allow people to keep their existing health insurance plans under ObamaCare. A fourth, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) faces reelection until 2018.

Hagan was also one of several Democratic senators up for reelection next year who met with President Obama last week on the failures of the ObamaCare website.

She said she used that meeting to express her "deep frustration" about the failed site, and said the administration needs to fix it quickly.

Red state Democrats like Hagan, Pryor, and Manchin, as well as Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.), have openly criticized the rollout ahead of what is lining up to be a competitive election cycle where Democrats will be under pressure to hold a majority in the Senate.

Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan is a U.S. Senate senator, and an honorary co-chair for Third Way.

Note: William M. Daley is a trustee at Third Way, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a director at the Boeing Company.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
John E. Sexton is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.
Dwight Anderson is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and a trustee at Third Way.
Michael E. Novogratz is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and a trustee at Third Way.
Elizabeth B. Dater is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and was a trustee at Third Way.
Bernard L. Schwartz is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, a trustee at Third Way, and was a funder & director for the New America Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Center for American Progress, Media Matters, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, a contributor for MoveOn.org, and a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Peter B. Lewis is a donor for Media Matters, a director at the Center for American Progress, a contributor for MoveOn.org, a trustee at Third Way, and was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Robert R. Dyson was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, and is a trustee at Third Way.
Reynold Levy was an advisory board member for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a trustee at Third Way, and is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
William D. Budinger is a trustee at Third Way, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Georgette F. Bennett is a trustee at Third Way, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
Kirk A. Radke is a trustee at Third Way, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Susan McCue is a trustee at Third Way, and was the founding president & CEO for the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama is an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a trustee at Third Way, and was a director at the Boeing Company.
Kay Hagan is an honorary co-chair for Third Way, and a U.S. Senate senator.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

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