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HealthCare.gov Gets 'Tech Surge' To Fix Glitches

Colin Hale |
October 22, 2013 | 3:28 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

HealthCare.gov's glitches have been heavily reported/Screenshot
HealthCare.gov's glitches have been heavily reported/Screenshot
Nearly three weeks after the initial rollout of the Affordable Care Act's online healthcare marketplace, the Obama administration has hired several tech scholars and administrators to help fix the ailing website.

The renewed repair efforts for the HealthCare.gov website comes a day after President Obama called the current tech failure "unacceptable."

White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Tuesday that Jeffrey Zients, an economic advisor to Obama and future head of the National Economic Council in 2014, has been tapped with helping lead the website fix.  Other consultants from government and Silicon Valley have also been drafted into the effort in what the White House and President Obama has described as a 'tech surge.'

Verizon is also reportedly assisting in the efforts, according to several reports.

The HealthCare.gov website has been plagued with glitches, error messages, and blackouts since it was rolled out on October 1st.

Details surrounding the website rollout have come to light in the last few days, including the fact that there was no specific 'point person' for the website development and that rushed developers did not test the website properly for the thousands of people expected to sign up for the healthcare exchange.

House Republicans have also called for further investigation into the website failures as part of larger efforts to hamper and discredit the Affordable Care Act's implementation.

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