ACA RollOut Saga Continues | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The Church never admits when it it wrong, which it is on the question of whether federal funds cover abortions in Obamacare - at least any more than the tax subidy for corporations for the purchase of health insurance also funds abortion. In reality, buying popcorn at your local multiplex is more likely than paying your taxes to lead to a money stream that leads to an abortion, as low wage laborers are more likely to use their money for abortion than a tax deferred insurance fund. Most abortions are funded with cash.
On Obama and Sebelius, they are not IT guys. They are attorneys and elected officials. If you want to know the name of the person responsible for the roll-out problems, look to the Office of the Chief Information Officer at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. I suspect that this is where the decision was made to require sign up to view plan options. If the decision was made higher up, that official or his staff should have politiely informed whomever came up with that idea that it would have dire technical consequences. Sometimes the best thing someone in that job can do is say no to the boss.
The name is Tony Trenkle, although I suspect that it may have been whomever George Linares replaced, since George is now the acting CMS Cheif Technology Officer. This may mean that his predecessor resigned over this flap already - or it could also mean that the vacancy contribued to the problem. Of course, George could also be the civil servant who should have known better. That is up to Sebelius to sort out - although I suspect she already has and is unwilling to throw the person recently retired under the bus publicly.
Here is the link to IT at CMS.
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