Sebelius suggests Republicans to blame for ObamaCare website woes

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Sebelius suggests Republicans to blame for ObamaCare website woes

Published October 26, 2013 FoxNews.com

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius took a swipe Friday at those calling for her to resign over the botched ObamaCare website rollout, suggesting that Republican efforts to delay and defund the law contributed to HealthCare.gov's glitch-ridden debut.

During a visit to a community health center in Austin, Sebelius conceded that there wasn't enough testing done on the website, but added that her department had little flexibility to postpone the launch against the backdrop of Washington's unforgiving politics.

"In an ideal world there would have been a lot more testing, but we did not have the luxury of that. And the law said the go-time was Oct. 1," she said. "And frankly, a political atmosphere where the majority party, at least in the House, was determined to stop this anyway they possibly could ... was not an ideal atmosphere."

Sebelius said her agency tested the site using five times the maximum traffic ever experienced by Medicare.gov, a similar site. But she said that was a gross underestimate of the demand placed on HealthCare.gov. She also said the high volume not only contributed to its failure, but also exposed other problems.

[dubyajam]

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/michelle-obamas-princeton-classmate-is-executive-at-company-that-built-obamacare-website/

[Spok]

No, Emmanuel is obviously behind it. And I don’t mean Ron.

[Venturer]

Sebelius is taking satire to new heights.

[Captain7seas]

“...where the majority party, at least in the House, was determined to stop this anyway they possibly could ... was not an ideal atmosphere.”

Soviet definition of Peace: absence of resistance to Communism = an “ideal atmosphere”.

[jmaroneps37]

And I suggest she is the cause of Obamacare’s train wreck; the difference is that I’m right and she is a lying liberal.

[I want the USA back]

In an ideal world marxist redistributionists would be a small minority found only on soap boxes on street corners with a gathering of 5-10 followers.

Not in charge of interfering with peoples’ free market decisions.

[TomGuy]

Not ONE Republican of any kind voted for Obamacare. This has to be pounded home until EVERY American knows it. NOT ONE! It is the Democrats baby, completely.

As Mark Levin kept YELLING all week, "Where are the Republicans? Where is the Republican leadership? Why are they not out making rounds to the Media to advocate that they had nothing to do with Obamacare nor the healthcare.gov website?"

What we got was:

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Instead, we get Sebilius 'the opposition party is at fault' fingerpointing.

[Toespi]

And if the Republicans don’t seize this opportunity, and discredit every word out of the rats mouths then they are to blame.

[TomGuy]

...sure Sebelius...you don’t know how many people signed up,

This morning during my waiting-for-coffee-to-perk, I heard part of an interview on Fox&Friends. The 'expert' being interviewed said that the healthcare.gov website was set up so it would only accept 2,000 applicants at a time.

If that is true, no wonder the thing crashed.

[Lazamataz]

I wish she hadn't have gone there. That really bothers me.

It's obviously pure propaganda and nonsense. But this affects me personally.

[VRW Conspirator]

Mr. Speaker,

I call for the immediate resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

For her complete demonstration of incompetence on a national level.

For her obstinate refusal to accept the responsibility for this utter debacle.

For her cynical and deliberate posit of blame of the majority party in this House.

I yield back the balance of my time, Mr. Speaker.

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[Makana]

HHS has been working on this for three years. Look at Park’s citation in Wikipedia...

The initial version of HealthCare.gov, which was deployed on July 1, 2010, was built in 90 days.[14] HealthCare.gov was cited by the Kaiser Family Foundation as one of the early highlights in the implementation of the healthcare reform implementation progress.[15] Healthcare.gov was also the first website ever “demoed” by a sitting president[16]

[Gritty]

I overheard two women, who seemed to be in their late 70s or early 80s, discussing Obama... She said, and the other agreed, that he “tries so hard” to do good for everyone

Likely even being on the receiving end of the "death panels" in the near future won't change their minds. It will just be the doctor/hospital/drug company's fault.

Beauty is only skin deep but being a committed fool goes clear to the bone.