Sebelius Apologizes for Health Site’s Malfunctions

New York Times ^ | October 30, 2013 | ROBERT PEAR

[lbryce]

Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, apologized Wednesday for the frustration that millions of Americans have experienced while trying to shop for insurance on the HealthCare.gov website, even as she defended the problem-plagued rollout of President Obama’s health care law and tried to explain the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of individual insurance policies.

Ms. Sebelius, fighting for her political life at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said she was “as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch of HealthCare.gov.”

Ms. Sebelius said she was ultimately responsible for “this debacle,” including the website’s problems. But she said that a government contractor, Verizon’s Terremark unit, was responsible for outages that disrupted the website on Sunday and again on Tuesday.

Representative Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan and chairman of the committee, said: “Over the months leading up to the Oct. 1 launch, the secretary and her colleagues repeatedly looked us in the eye and testified that everything was on track. Despite the numerous red flags and lack of testing, they assured us that all systems were a go. But something happened along the way. Either those officials did not know how bad the situation was, or they did not disclose it.”

Moreover, Mr. Upton said: “There are millions of Americans coast to coast who no doubt believed the president’s repeated promise that if they liked their plan, they’d be able to keep it. They are now receiving termination notices.”

[lbryce]

Well, she's only 600 million dollars+ short and several months late. Of course, this has nothing to do with several House Republicans demanding her resignation.

[Steely Tom]

Well that's behind us.

Next she can apologize for this.

[sickoflibs]

"OK, I'm sorry.....you happy now?? ....so can I go now...??"

[FlingWingFlyer]

Knock off the “apology” bull**** and RESIGN!!!! If I screwed up this bad on my job, I’d be gone.

[mulligan]

lies, lies and more lies. What a piece of you know what.

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[ImJustAnotherOkie]

She came across more like “Little Miss Not-So-Bright”.

No wonder this turned into a disaster.

[P-Marlowe]

If anyone thinks that the problem will be solved if and when the website is fixed and once people can shop for insurance online, They are sadly mistaken.

The big problem will arise once people start to get the quotes for the insurance if they’re going to have to buy.

I believe the website was deliberately sabotaged so that people cannot get their Obamacare quotes until their existing insurance has already been canceled.

[Obadiah]

[BitWielder1]

Give her the same deal as any other perp - rat out all your co-conspirators and get a lighter sentence.

[dfwgator]

I think this should be the face of ObamaCare.

[lbryce]

Nurse Ratchet.
Now, there's a fine symbol of affordable health care at its total, absolute best. It's affordable because once you're found problematic to the system, the lobotomy you undergo guarantees your premiums never no go up and neither do you.

[bert]

Well, that’s a relief.

She is now free of the failure burden

[xzins]

And I just can’t wait until the true cost hits the people and then the true cost hits the budget.

The budget can’t stand another trillion dollar expense. The Fed can’t hold down interest rates forever. And then it will be the great depression all over again.

[Zakeet]

[nascarnation]

I’d never heard her speak until today’s hearing.
Certainly an incredibly annoying voice.
I know she comes from a long line of politicians (Dad was the liberal idiot gov of Ohio) but how did Kansas ever vote her in?

[mrsmith]

All part of the 'Republican War On Women' _{copyright U.S media}!
What mean things to say, some bosses really pick on women. I bet every woman has had a meanie of a boss like Rep. Upton...

LOL! The NYTimes always do what they can for the Dems.

[Jane Long]

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Sebelius is the Bernie Madoff of health insurance 'bait and switch' causing MILLIONS of Americans to lose their plans and doctors.

Would a simple 'SORRY' get Madoff out of prison? NO.

[hal ogen]

I wonder how she’d look in an orange jumpsuit and restraints? Much better.