Tag: Affordable Care Act

Following a closed-door meeting with Obama administration officials, House Democrats voiced frustration over the website's glitches.

VIDEO: House Democrats voice frustration over Obamacare glitches

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, meets with Cincinnati State Technical and Community College President O'dell M. Owens, after they participated in a panel discussion on the federal health care overhaul, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at the college in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Kathleen Sebelius: Obama didn’t know of website glitches before launch

Meghashyam Mali · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn.,ÃÂ has added his voice to GOP calls in Washington for administration officials to be fired over the rocky rollout of the new health care law.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Minnesota’s Rick Nolan: Firings needed over health law woes

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi believes the new health care law should move forward without delay and said that "sabotage" by Republicans, and not just computer glitches, is hindering implementation. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: Republican ‘sabotage’ hindering health care law

Susan Ferrechio, Sean Lengell · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

For years, critics of President Obama and his administration have complained about a rising disregard for the rule of law. (AP Photo)

Too Big To Manage: Feds invoke ‘privacy’ to shield public employees while snooping on the rest of us

Mark Flatten · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

White House ‘did not anticipate’ scale of Obamacare tech issues

Meghashyam Mali · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama is calling Jeffrey Zients to help correct problems with the new federal health care website. The White House says Zients will assist a team that is said to be working around the clock on the site, www.healthcare.gov. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama calls trusted fixer Jeffrey Zients to help health care site

Darlene Superville · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said she would be open to extending Obamacare's open enrollment period, but declined multiple times to say if she would to delaying the individual mandate. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Debbie Wasserman Schultz won’t say if she backs individual mandate delay if Healthcare.gov isn’t fixed by March 2014

Ashe Schow · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Bill Nelson said that although glitches plaguing the federal health care exchange website are "inexcusable," now isn't the time to find and reprimand those responsible.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

Sen. Bill Nelson: Fix health care website now, pin blame later

Sean Lengell · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Marco Rubio has bill to delay individual mandate until Obamacare website fixed

Ashe Schow · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Nelly Kinsella demonstrates the Washington Healthplanfinder website, where consumers will be able to shop for health insurance, Monday, in Seattle. The new site, which allows consumers to compare and purchase health insurance plans and to see if they are eligible for government subsidies, is Washington state's online answer to the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Beltway Confidential

No good options for Obama if tech problems don’t get fixed

Philip Klein · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Marilyn Tavenner, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will get plenty of scrutiny from Republicans in coming days. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Medicare, Medicaid chief also on hot seat over Obamacare rollout

Brian Hughes · October 23, 2013 4:00 am