hhs secretary said we didn t have enough testing specifically for high volumes for a very complicated project the online insurance marketplace needed five years of construction, a year of testing she said. we had two years and almost no testing s that correct? i don t know the quote. i never suggested that we needed five years. okay. i don t know what that is from? that is one of the things i want to check. we clearly did not ever have five years. the law was signed in march of 2010. last week when you were down in texas you were being asked by a reporter about the system and the launch and one of the parts of the question was, that at what point did you realize the system wasn t going to be working the way you envisioned before the launch and why didn t we stop it before the launch? and again, this is what was reported. we knew that if we had another six months we probably test further but i don t think anyone
american taxpayer still paying money to fix the problems that she didn t do, and her company didn t do? the first place? none of our contractors have been paid of the amount of will she be paid for this work into the future as we go to correct this problem. we ll make the determination as the work goes forward. i will tell you, sir, as we learn what is fixed, we ll know more about sorry with the time frame cut it down. who owns the software now? that now that this has been developed with taxpayer money to develop the software to do it is owned by centers for medicare, medicaid services. it is all owned by us. will they be able to use it by license for other clients? not to my knowledge. i think it is specifically designed for the marketplace with these products in mind. thank you. then last question trying to work in time frame is that, under, iv and v much, she testified that she thought that is something we should have done. under hh such, you recommend or
and where we were going. none of those involve detail operational discussions, that wasn t the level it was are we coming together, we have companies and plans. when it comes to the president of the united states, you have to see the overview, but in terms of the actual functionality whether it is the website or the marketplace, legitimately caught off guard. i assured him that we were ready to go. everybody knew there were likely to be some problems. no one anticipated this level of problem. and where is a hhs getting the money to pay for these fixes? have you used your authority to move money to pay for the cost of implement in the president s health care program? and if so from which programs have you drawn money to help
data is the high point of part-time workers was in 2008 and 2009 at the height of the last recession. it has been decreasing each and every year. there is no data to support the fact that there is an up tick based on the impending affordable care act. i am sure that there may be some individual employers making some business decisions about how many workers they want full time and how many part-time, but i can tell you there is no economic data or employment data that supports the notion that this is an effect of the law. true. in fact it s my understanding that part-time workers are at the lowest percentage of workers in many, many years right now. well, and for the first time, as you know, congresswoman, part-time workers will have options for affordable health coverage. they have never had that before. they have never had options in the marketplace. they have never had some help
it said after two weeks review the hhs secretary concluded we didn t have enough testing specifically for high volumes for very complicated project. the online insurance marketplace needed five years of construction, a year of testing, she said. we had two years and almost no testing. is that correct? i don t know the quote. i never suggested that we needed five years. i don t know what that s from. that s one of the things i wanted to check. we clearly did not five years. the law was signed in 2010. and then last week when you were down in texas, you were being asked by a reporter about the system and the launch. one of the parts of the question was at what point did you realize the system wasn t going to be working the way that you envisioned before the launch and why didn t we stop it before the launch. and again this is what was reported. we knew if we had another six