Fail and if it is, should you leave your money there or not . S theres a big discussion, sue, about whether some of the big Asset Managers are systemically important, ie, too big to fail. Indeed. Thats been a discussion recently, ty. Well talk about that. We also are talking ate the nasdaq, pushing higher today, but its had a few lack laster days recently. So questions are being raised about whether the tech heavy index is setting up for a bigger pullback. The nasdaq is, however, still up 36 in a year and thats nothing to shake a stick at. And since that march 2009 bottom the index is up 210 . So should we cue the bear video . Perhaps. Because its cold. We picked polar bears today. Arent they cute . A number of stocks at the nasdaq already in bear market territory. What does that mean for all the other stocks there . Sheila dharmarajan is bear hunting at the nasdaq. Hey, sheila. Hey there, sue. The nasdaq is staging a little rally today, but when it comes to the tech heavy index trader
We thought it would be ready. Indeed, it was ready. I dont think we had visibility did you express concerns about writing this dcms . All of the concerns and risks we saw based on the testing that we did see and didnt see that was unrelated to our work, our work as a matteroffact we felt was on track and we expressed that to them as well. Ms. Campbell, my time is a. Would you submit those memorandum communications to us within 24 hours, please . Once again, under our contract with cms, we if we have permission to do so. Im not even sure, i would have to go back to see what we do have for you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. Mr. Green. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Some of us have been on the committee a good while. I dont know if you get experience because we also problems in the 2003 when we created the Prescription Drug program. This committee did that. With much fewer participants. So what we are seeing now is, sounds like we have a success, we just dont have the computer to deal
In fact, chairman in fact, i joined with chairman fred upton to request additional funding for communitybased organizations to help seniors actually enroll in Medicare Part d. I have that letter right here. Unfortunately the republicans have actually taken steps to ensure that consumers do not know all the benefits and protections provided by obamacare. In june, Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, Senate Minority whip john cornyn sent letters to major sports leagues warning them not to help could be sumers consumers be educated about the benefits of obamacare. After Medicare Part d, democrats like me hosted events in order to boost awareness and facilitate enrollment. This has not happened with obamacare. Several republican members have even stated, they will not help constituents who call and ask for more information about the benefits of obamacare and how to enroll. Those republican efforts will only harm American Families and Small Businesses and cut short the relief americans n
Colleagues to work with us and work with these witnesses to get it right. Thank you. I yield back. Thank you for being here today. I have a series of quick questions i will like to get to. How many change orders have your received by estimate, either formally or informally leading up to the launch, and what function do they want you to perform . We have received approximately eight change orders. When was the most recent . I believe as recent as august of this year. Ok. I dont know the answer to that, but i think was a low number. Ok. Are you both making changes now with code in order to fix any of the socalled glitches or nonperformance issues question mark that would be yes. How many organizational boundaries between the piece of information traveling from the United States government to the web portal, how many boundaries, how many organizational boundaries, including the states and their access to information does that piece of art man cross does that piece of information cross . I
Yes. Mr. Lau. Yes. Did your Companies Meet as a group with h. H. S. Before you started the process . Anyone . Did your Companies Meet together with h. H. S. To discuss the integration . Mr. Lau, go ahead. Yes, the security people from c. M. S. And others have coordinated this. All right. Let me ask each of you a question. How many people in each of your companies have physical access to the database servers storing the enrolling information . We have zero access to the database. Zero. I believe the also zero for our qssi. We have no access to c. M. S. s servers. Ok. Mr. Lau. 2,000 people. 2,000 people have access to the database . Through the key entry of the applications. Ok. You know, under hipaa regs, no one is supposed to have direct access to that database. Ok. Under the Current Technology infrastructure, how many separate servers or virtual servers in the cloud are being used to host and store data for healthcare. Gov . And ms. Campbell, mr. Slavitt, i think thats primarily to yo