George Holding: “The disastrous rollout of ObamaCare has shown that those who were quick to sing its praises were not prepared to…”

“The disastrous rollout of ObamaCare has shown that those who were quick to sing its praises were not prepared to actually implement it. It quickly became apparent after the online exchanges opened that healthcare.gov was unworkable. Folks who were trying to create accounts and pick a plan were receiving error messages, being kicked off midway through the process, only to be sent back to the beginning, experiencing many glitches. Madam Speaker, the administration and the agencies responsible clearly were not prepared for the launch of healthcare.gov. They blamed issues with the Web site on unexpected volume, which simply does not make sense. ObamaCare requires all Americans to have health insurance or face a fine. There are over 313 million people in the United States, so how could they not expect a high volume? Madam Speaker, the American people are paying for a Web site that doesn't even work, and they are paying an outrageous amount. In her testimony before the Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday, Secretary Sebelius said that the administration has currently spent $319 million on healthcare.gov so far, and Health and Human Services has budgeted $667 million for the Web site through October of next year. At a time when we are over $17 trillion in debt and the government continues to borrow and spend at an unsustainable rate, this is simply unacceptable.…”