White House emails chronicle serious health care site concerns before launch

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    series of White House emails show members of the Obama administration expressing concern over the HealthCare.gov site’s viability in the days leading up to its launch on October 1st.

    “[C]an you think about a better way to convey to the public when the site is not available?” reads and email from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Deputy Chief Information Officer Henry Chao. “I am picturing in my mind all the major print and online publications taking screenshots of what is below and just ramping up the hyperbole about hc.gov not functional.”

    And in one particularly insightful exchange, Chao attached an image of the HealthCare.gov site with a “The System is down at the Moment” error message.

    The emails were sent to a few dozen individuals on the content management system (CMS) staff and a number of independent contractors. House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the email exchanges.

    http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-e...re-site-concerns-before-launch-015052207.html
     

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