White House's Obamacare guidance stopped ahead of 2012 election

CBS ^ | 10-24-2013 | Sharyl Attkisson

[sheikdetailfeather]

(CBS News) WASHINGTON -- CBS News has been digging into the cause of the delays in preparing the website for the government's health insurance market and has learned was a major interruption in the months before President Obama's re-election. At the height of the 2012 presidential election campaign, it was crunch time for the Obama administration to release key instructions so contractors could work toward the October 2013 deadline.

But a Health and Human Services official who was closely involved tells CBS News that in late summer, the administration stopped issuing proposed rules for the Affordable Health Care Act until after the election.

The result was what many viewed as a serious delay as contractors, states and insurance companies awaited crucial guidance to move forward.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Some new information on why the Obamacare website is so messed up.

[tet68]

Some new information on why our country is so messed up.

[sr4402]

Oh I am so sure this is it. Of course he was distracted by the upcoming election that he neglected his signature program. And I'm sure it was not changes just a few months before it came out and too many cooks in the broth.

No, Obama is so conscientious, I'm sure he checked the website thoroughly before October 1.

/Naught

[kcvl]

Uhohhh.... If CBS is digging Obama is in trouble!

[Vigilanteman]

Don’t worry. The only difference between seeBS and Pravda is that Pravda would criticize the Politburo once in awhile.

[xjcsa]

Uhohhh.... If CBS is digging Obama is in trouble!

This is Sheryl Attkisson - one of the few real reporters left working for an MSM outlet. She has also done fantastic work on the Gunwalker scandal and Benghazi.

[MeshugeMikey]

"many viewed as a serious delay as contractors, states and insurance companies awaited crucial guidance to move forward."

FORWARD....they say?

isnt Obama all about FORWARD?.....

[NowApproachingMidnight]

These Democrat twits, led by Obama, are not cool. They are the opposite of cool. The are bros, d-bags, poseurs, and wannabes. Really a sad lot. I feel for them. I really do. Imagine that like, folks. You have to take heart with that.

[MeshugeMikey]

Sharyl Attkisson ..Yes

four months to the day that Her Computer ......was found to have had a security breach...

Sep 24, 2013 ... Three months have passed since CBS News confirmed that the computer of investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson had been breached.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/09/24/cbs-newss-sharyl-attkisson-hacking-investigation-progressing/

God Bless her fpr her fogged detemination in light of the previous "incidents"

[Paladin2]

It’s a dereliction of duty that Congress gives up its legislative powers to the Executive Bureaucracy.

[Junk Silver]

Well, at least he didn’t let the re-election campaign distract him from securing and protecting our foreign consulates.

[TornadoAlley3]

You didn't build that

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

King Barry didn’t want to UPSET HIS DEMONRAT DONORS WITH ANY OBAMACARE BAD NEWS BEFORE THE ELECTION. This stall tactic was all about avoiding pissing off Dem donors, just as the King’s current delay of the employer mandate is all about AVOIDING PISSING OFF MAJOR DEMONRAT DONORS!!!

[StopGlobalWhining]

What happens in the real world when you fail to deliver on a contract?

"Knight Capital monumentally fouled up a software update. According to the SEC, 'Knight did not have supervisory procedures to guide its relevant personnel when significant issues developed.' In other words, not only was Knight's code management inadequate but their human management processes were just as bad. The fine for what could have been a biblical financial disaster? A measly $12 million."

http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/10/24/0233243/knight-capital-fined-12m-for-a-software-bug-that-cost-460m

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[Servant of the Cross]

CBS News reviewed the HHS website and found between 2010 and August 31, 2012, 109 proposed regulations and guidance were issued.

Then from September 1 until late November there were none. The flurry resumed after the election.