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Obama considered scrapping ObamaCare website, says top aide

WASHINGTON — President Obama considered scrapping the ObamaCare Web site in the weeks after its glitch-plagued Oct. 1 launch, says White House chief of staff Denis McDonough.

“Can it be patched and improved to work, or does it need to be scrapped to start over? He wanted to know if this thing is salvageable,” McDonough tells Time magazine.