Top Obamacare official sees problems, would be 'surprised' if it starts well

A top administration aide in charge of implementing Obamacare said on Tuesday that he would be “surprised” if it starts perfectly, the latest gloomy assessment of the massive revolution in how Americans get health insurance.

Gary Cohen, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told a friendly audience at the Brookings Institution that the early kinks in Obamacare should eventually even out, but that the beginning will be messy.