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On the recordFebruary 6, 2014
this past Sunday before the Super Bowl, President Obama sat down for an interview. The President was asked about the failure of his healthcare.gov Web site. He talked about how there are always glitches with technology. But then he said this about the Web site: It got fixed within a month and a half, it was up and running and now it's working the way it's supposed to. According to the President of the United States, healthcare.gov is now ``working the way it's supposed to.'' The President of the United States is in denial. This is an incredible statement that he has made. I find it especially hard to believe, when I looked at the Washington Post the next morning--on Monday, the day after the President's interview where he said ``it's working the way it's supposed to.'' Then look at the headline on the front page of the Washington Post on Monday, ``Health site can't handle appeals.'' Thousands of requests for fixes were filed but unprocessed. Is this what the President of the United States means when he says now ``it's working the way it's supposed to?'' Is the President oblivious to what is happening in this country with his signature piece of legislation? According to this article: Tens of thousands of people who discovered that HealthCare.gov made mistakes as they were signing up for a health care plan are confronting a new roadblock: The government cannot yet fix the errors.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Feb 6, 2014

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