The committee will hold a hearing this Thursday — which Secretary Sebelius is unable to attend — to discuss the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s “troubled rollout.” Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said the technical problems the health insurance exchanges have encountered since they opened for enrollment earlier this month indicate that either the Obama administration wasn’t ready for the launch or is “not up to the job.”
Numerous issues have cropped up since the exchanges opened for enrollment Oct. 1, such as people not being able to create accounts on HealthCare.gov, dysfunctional drop down tools and the federal exchange site crashing due to high traffic.
As a result, Secretary Sebelius has come under fire, with Republican lawmakers calling for her resignation. However, she has expressed no intention of resigning, and the Obama administration has expressed full confidence in her.
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