we too were ready to process on 10/1. had done extensive internal testing of our processes and systems and our first awareness of difficulties with the hub was 10/1, the portal, i m sorry, on 10/1 when we attempted to do key entry. so you didn t test it prior to october 1? no. no, sir. mr. waxman? thank you, mr. chairman. as we evaluate the problems with this website, i think it s important that we focus on the facts. my republican colleagues have been predicting that health care reform would be a disaster for three years now and every time they have been wrong. they said insurance rates would skyrocket. in fact they re lower than predicted. they said health care costs would soar. in fact they have grown at a record low rate. they said that medicare would be you know mined and in fact it is stronger than ever. and seniors are saving billions
apply. in fact you can go to the community health center. you can go to the 1-800 number. you can go, there are many ways for people to enroll. all we talk here is the website because you re trying to make a case that people should not enroll. now i want to ask two questions, miss campbell, am i correct that cgi is doing work in several states in addition to the work on healthcare.gov? would you comment on that please in these states? that is correct. we. are supporting a number of states and those states we re prime contractor in colorado. the prime contractor in hawaii. a prime contractor in massachusetts. a prime contractor in vermont. we re a subcontractor in california. a subcontractor in kentucky. and a subcontractor in new mexico. and you, and that appears to be going well. obviously a lot of people have enrolled as i set forth previously. i know that in, when mr. waxman
chair of the committee. i want to thank our witnesses for being here. we are looking forward to getting your perspective of what went wrong and how it went wrong with this rollout. we were repeatedly told by members of the administration that evening would be working properly and it would be done on time. but these false administration assurances seem to sway some people on the other side of the aisle. and they believed fully that things were going to be done on time. well, yesterday mr. waxman and i were agreeing on some things in the hearing. but last month we were disagreeing. he said nothing could be found from our committee s investigation and exchange implementation and readiness. but we were quite concerned that definition of nothing has turned out to be design choices in the exchanges that hide unaffordable premiums, massive glitches,
error messages, system breakdowns and americans spending countsless hours trying to navigate exchanges not ready for prime time. i hope our colleagues are going to work together a and join the efforts to do proper oversight of the healthcare law. this is taxpayer money on the line. we need to be judicious and the last three weeks demonstrated no one can be a blind cheerleader for the affordable care act when they see these problems right before their very eyes. i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. barton. i will yield back to the chairman. the chair will recognize for an opening statement in waxman from california. thank you very much, mr. chairman. the affordable care act is an enormous success with one obvious exception.
health care act. to states and other federal agencies for their eligibility reviews for government subsidies has prepared equifax workforce solutions to successfully serve cms in this new capacity. we will continue to monitor and test our interface with the cms data hub and various state agencies to ensure maximum east of effica cy. thank you for allowing me to testi testify. i look forward to your questions. can you make sure your mike is set there? there we go. good morning again, mr. chairman, congressman waxman and other distinguished members of the committee. my name is john lau and i am the contractor for cms contract in connection with the aca. thank you for the opportunity to again appear and discuss cisercs