WASHINGTON – The Obama administration announced Sunday that it had called in a “tech surge” of computer geeks to fix glitches in the ObamaCare Web site.
“Our team has called in additional help to solve some of the more complex technical issues we are encountering,” said a blog post on the Web site of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The advisory was posted under the header “Tech Surge.”
“Our team is bringing in some of the best and brightest from both inside and outside government to scrub in with the team and help improve HealthCare.gov,” it said.
HealthCare.gov – the ObamaCare site to sign up for mandatory health insurance – has been plagued by software glitches and technical snags since launching Oct. 1.
It repeatedly crashed or blocked access for millions of people trying to sign up, and gave faulty information to many who did manage to apply.
The administration has already spent about $300 million on the site, which was built by Canada-based CGI.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has come under fire, including calls for her resignation.
Some of the president’s staunchest supporters have had to acknowledge the ObamaCare disaster.
“What has happened is unacceptable in terms of the glitches,” House Minority Leader Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on ABC’s “This Week.” “This has to be fixed.”
The bad review from Pelosi, who is usually one of Obama’s most outspoken defenders, underscored the massive extent of the problems.
“What doesn’t have to be fixed is the fact that tens of millions of more people will have access to affordable, quality health care,” insisted Pelosi, who was speaker of the House when ObamaCare passed in 2010.