Despite advanced warning that it was unworkable, the Department of Health and Human Services spent nearly $5 million trying to figure out a way to implement Obamacare’s long-term care program before suspending it earlier this month, an HHS official told Congress this morning.

Earlier, Kathy Greenlee, assistant Secretary for Aging at HHS, told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that despite over 19 months of work, “we have not identified a way to make CLASS sustainable, legal and attractive to potential buyers at this time.”