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Colossal cost of Cover Oregon prompts lawmaker to call for end to spending ($200M spent/0 Enrolled)
KATU-TV ^ | January 21, 2014 | Chelsa Kopta

Posted on 01/21/2014 10:28:57 AM PST by Zakeet

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To: Dick Bachert

Slush fund for leftist orgs


21 posted on 01/21/2014 11:29:19 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Zakeet
Oregon simply has to offer higher salaries, retirement and benefits, to attract quality individuals to make the websites work properly. They should raise taxes to do this as healthcare is a right for all people, and the government should supply it free.

Like pot.

22 posted on 01/21/2014 11:45:40 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Navy Patriot
Oregon simply has to offer higher salaries, retirement and benefits, to attract quality individuals to make the websites work properly.

The State of Oregon is not doing the design and development work. Private enterprise is.

23 posted on 01/21/2014 11:52:57 AM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: Zathras

HA....balanced budget? They have tricks to get around THAT!


24 posted on 01/21/2014 12:16:23 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: steve86

Oh, but the State of Oregon tells the Private Enterprise what they want, and likely changes it multiple times during development and implementation....they were warned multiple times months ago of the problems....chose not to listen...head of Oregon Exchange recently left...something about “health” and then resignation....this was a slush fund for the “Governor”


25 posted on 01/21/2014 12:18:29 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Zakeet

$200mm and no enrollments. Wow, who did their software? Who did they know?

The reward/results ratio here is even more ridiculous than for CGI, who until recently was responsible for healthcare.gov.


26 posted on 01/21/2014 12:55:08 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: showme_the_Glory

AND the the 300 or so state cars that were lost when Mill Creek flooded because the company that they hired didn’t get to the state parking lot in time to move all of the cars when they knew several days ahead of time that there would be flooding. They sat at their desks and watched it happen. Then they went out and bought new cars.


27 posted on 01/21/2014 12:56:11 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: goodnesswins
Although change orders can have a lot to do with software delays, they didn't in this particular implementation (not true for federal database).

From the Lund Report, which I have followed closely, regarding the Oregon Exchange:

The biggest reason Cover Oregon’s website lags behind is because Oracle didn’t meet its deadline and should have begun testing last May, rather than delaying until this summer when it was too late to resolve the problems it encountered, King said. Oracle has been paid handsomely by Cover Oregon for its consulting and software development. It’s received $43.2 million this year – accounting for $11.1 for hardware, $9.5 million for software and $22.6 million for consulting.

“The scope of the project, bringing Medicaid, Healthy Kids, commercial and the SHOP program has been a lot more complex and challenging than everyone thought,” King said. “And some of the initial work done by Oracle wasn’t done to the level of quality that was needed to do testing early enough to find out where the problems were.”


28 posted on 01/21/2014 1:43:39 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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DIMocRATs
29 posted on 01/21/2014 1:48:26 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: steve86

Wonder who at Oracle is Kitz’s lackey?


30 posted on 01/21/2014 1:48:26 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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Cover Oregon: Health exchange failure predicted, but tech watchdogs’ warnings fell on deaf ears

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/01/cover_oregon_health_exchange_f.html#incart_hbx#incart_best-of


31 posted on 01/21/2014 1:52:57 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: cookcounty; steve86

Steve 86 is correct.

Oracle is the main loser in the Oregon plan.

Go to the link below and go down the list about 5 links to see Oracle’s criminal or inept behavior here.

http://search.comcast.net/?cat=web&con=betac&q=Oracle+and+Oregon+Affordable+Care+Site


32 posted on 01/21/2014 4:53:18 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obamacare is a Trinity of Lies! Obamaganda is failing 24/7/365! Obamaganda witholl fail 24/7/365!)
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To: Navy Patriot

“Like pot.”

Like medical marijuana for self inflicted mental depression and realization that if you got a paycheck for this fiasco, you are a true loser in life.

Then, your only chance is to go into politics as a rat. Act like our president, use pot and talk a great game lie at all times.


33 posted on 01/21/2014 5:02:10 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obamacare is a Trinity of Lies! Obamaganda is failing 24/7/365! Obamaganda witholl fail 24/7/365!)
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