showed cgi had spent $196 million and the ceiling price tag had soared to $292 million. the wall street journal reports the marketplace is generating flawed data for the insurance companies everything from duplicate enrollments and missing data fields to problems with eligibleilty and spouses reported as children. one reason for the problems the site was built on ten year old technology that will need constant fixes and updates over the course over the next six months. i m going to go to gene robinson. i was going to go to joe. i got to tell you gees. the damage to the country over the past three weeks far supercedes a website not working. you know how these things work. this is a story that can fly. deservedly so.
the base that s now much more aligned on the right are they driving this bus? i think that s really the central play that s going to happen and i think it will determine what happens in the next six weeks around the budget and whether we are soon to be filming the sequel for the shut down and debt and deficit talks. the challenge for the white house is fixing the website. when it comes to the government s hearth website the cost overruns designing the site have been massive. take a look at tom costello s report. reporter: the prime contractor is the u.s. arm of a canada government, cgi federal. their business grew dramatically during the bush administration. it was awarded a contract for computer systems design services to build the website. with a ceiling price tag of $94 million. by may of this year the contract
those challenges are being addressed and progress is being made and people are enrolling across the country. reporter: who is behind the healthercare.gov website the prime contractor is the u.s. arm of a canadian company cgi federal. its business grew dramatically during the bush administration. on october 4th, 2011 it was awarded a $55.7 million contract to build the website with a ceiling price tag of $94 million. by may of this year the contract showed cgi had spent $196 million. the ceiling price tag had soared to $292 million. is this escalation in price due to the fact of the quick turn around time to get this website up and running, are there technical glitches and bugs that s driving the cost up. reporter: the government said costs went up as more states joined the federal exchange. for weeks cgi has declined to comment. last year the canadian province
chris cillizza, see you later. thank you again. fallout over healthcare.gov, website set up for americans to shop for health care plans. technical glitches not allowing thousands to sign up before the deadline. here is tom costello with surprises. who is behind the website, the prime contractor is the u.s. arm of a canadian company cgi federal. cgi s business with the government grew dramatically during the bush administration. on october 4th, 2011, it was awarded $55.7 million for computer systems design services to build the website with a ceiling price tag of $94 million. by may of this year the contract shows cgi had spent $196 million. the ceiling price tag had soared to $292 million. is this escalation in price due to the fact of the quick turnaround time to get this up
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