Getting Answers on HealthCare.gov #Fail and Fighting to Let Texans Keep Their Health Plan

The verdict is out: the Obamacare trainwreck is spiraling out of control.

This week brought to light even MORE revelations about the disastrous government takeover of our health care system ... and from none other than the ones implementing it.

This week, we held a hearing in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the failed rollout of HealthCare.gov. After we subpoenaed the Obama Administration for documents related to the failed website, it turned over documents that showed a whopping SIX people were able to successfully enroll in Obamacare the date the exchanges opened - a date that the Obama Administration had three years and $600 million to prepare for. This is unacceptable. My colleagues and I are continuing to work to uncover answers on why the exchange rollout date was still implemented when it’s clearly obvious the Administration was not prepared for it, and knew it. Our investigative efforts continued Wednesday in the Oversight Committee.

During our hearing, I pushed for answers on the Obamacare website’s security issues, lack of functionality, and its failure to undergo thorough testing from the Administration officials tasked with fixing the website glitches. President Obama’s top technology adviser Todd Park told me the team was "working very hard" to achieve their goal: for the website to be fully functional by November 30. As a former Web developer, that’s what I was telling clients when I was about to miss a deadline (which I didnt do often).

On top of our Committees investigative efforts, we in the House passed the "Keep Your Health Care Plan Act" to honor the Presidents promise to the American people: If You Like Your Health Care Plan, You Can Keep It. The “Upton Bill” passed with bipartisan support by a vote of a 261-157, with 29 Democrats voting yes.

I supported this stop-gap measure because it allows Texans to stay on their health care plan if they like it, as the President promised. However, I also supported this measure only as a means to lessen the damage of Obamacare... until it can be fully repealed and replaced with rational reforms that will keep costs low, let you maintain your coverage and wont get between you and your doctor.

This measure will allow families across Texas to keep their insurance and their doctors if they are satisfied with them - but it’s only a temporary fix. We need to continue pushing for a full repeal of Obamacare and start over with long-term solutions that put patients first, keep healthcare costs low...and have a functioning website.

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