tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post4672094907152647627..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: Exclusive: Insider Explains Healthcare.gov FiascoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-67013857990758689362013-11-07T12:37:34.160-06:002013-11-07T12:37:34.160-06:00This whole fiasco has been disappointing and exasp...This whole fiasco has been disappointing and exasperating.<br /><br />When Democrats finally pass the legislation they've worked three generations to create, and the administration has 4 years (four!) to get it ready, they show such an extreme level of incompetence that they've fulfilled each and every stereotype Republicans ascribe to government in spades.<br /><br />This is a level of failure that's deep enough that Obama should worry about his job.* Sebelius should have been gone months ago.<br /><br />*Seriously. This should have been the most memorable accomplishment of his presidency. He's a good man, sure, a serious man in a town full of clowns. As a chief executive, he's sorely lacking.Steve Groenewoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374402353778207873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-51875747013550226552013-11-03T08:52:20.169-06:002013-11-03T08:52:20.169-06:00I passed Trish Nelson's comment/question along...I passed Trish Nelson's comment/question along to my source, who responded (with permission that I could post it here):<br /><br />"On September 27 Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of CMS, received a memorandum detailing critical, high-risk problems related to the testing regimen. That same day three senior CMS executives signed a response memorandum stating,<br /><br />'We acknowledge the level of risk the Agency is accepting in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. The mitigation plan does not reduce the risk to the FFM system itself going into operation on October 1, 2013. However, the added protections do reduce the risk to the overall Marketplace operations and will ensure that the FFM system is completely tested within the next six months.'<br /><br />CMS knew healthcare.gov wouldn't be completely tested for another six months, and yet promised everything was ready for an October 1 rollout.<br /><br />The most generous interpretation I have is that CMS is staggeringly, pervasively incompetent. What ought be done as a result of this incompetence is a political question, and I wish to leave that alone.<br /><br />The URL for the memoranda (hosted by CNN, who vouches for its authenticity):<br /><br />http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2013/images/10/30/2013-90-27.cms.memo.signed.by.tavenner.pdf"<br /><br />From Nick:<br /><br />From the above I was able to track down a report in the <i>National Journal</i>, which links to the CNN report noted above.<br /><br />Sophie Novack, "CMS Memo Warned of Security Threat Before Obamacare Site Launch," National Journal, Oct. 31, 2013, http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/cms-memo-warned-of-security-threat-before-obamacare-site-launch-20131031; <br /><br />which links to, Joe Johns, "Government Memo Warned of High Security Risk at Health Care Website," CNN, Oct. 30, 2013, <br />http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/politics/obamacare-website-warning-memo/<br /><br />The link in the quoted response comment, above, goes to a pdf of the actual memo.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467682953748756539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-33131530628608162442013-11-02T17:41:50.533-05:002013-11-02T17:41:50.533-05:00Nick, thanks for sharing. I am wondering if the p...Nick, thanks for sharing. I am wondering if the person who wrote this can clarify this statement: "The contractors who originally delivered healthcare.gov advised the White House that full end-to-end integration testing had not been completed -- and, in fact, had not even started until a few days before the October 1 rollout." Are they saying the White House was not advised until just before October 1 or that the end-to-end integration had not been started until just before October 1? Is there a link/citation for this statement? <br />Thanks!Trish Nelsonnoreply@blogger.com