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In reply to the discussion: The PRIVATE business that built the ACA website is: [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)6. These businesses don't care who is in office
The site was not tested properly since they did not start development in a timely way, since the funds were not there to begin with.
Not everything is a conspiracy.
That said, no they should not be privatized, but we do not have the talent in-house, and more agile private contractors lack the ability to go through the system.
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Company Behind Troubled Obamacare Website Donated Heavily To Republicans In 2012
malaise
Oct 2013
#7
Is this somehow supposed to exonerate the WH or just show a different flavor of
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2013
#31
It seems a good deal of the thread is attemptng to say the administration
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2013
#34
I wouldn't know, but now it's clear what the consequences are of those decisions.
MoonRiver
Oct 2013
#25
You shoudl also never turn software development over to 536 executive managers
SamYeager
Oct 2013
#17
Who cares how much it costs. Take it back and start over with a vetted American company
judesedit
Oct 2013
#27
Truly disappointed that the administration did not see this as a key project and
mazzarro
Oct 2013
#33