HealthCare.gov Will Run Smoothly by End of November, Officials Say

The federal health insurance exchange website, HealthCare.gov, will run smoothly by the end of November, Jeffrey Zients, who has been tasked with repairing the site, told reporters Friday, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

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HHS has chosen Mr. Zients — who will become the chief White House economic adviser next year — to provide advice, assessments and recommendations as part of a “tech surge” intended to address the numerous technical problems that have plagued the federal exchange site since its launch earlier this month. The errors include people not being able to create accounts on HealthCare.gov, dysfunctional drop down tools and the site crashing due to high traffic, issues that have frustrated consumers and drawn criticism from opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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