Comment by the_why_of_y

17 days ago

> The original roll out of Healthcare.gov is a counterpoint.

Well, that's not the worst that can happen - Oregon had the idea to let Silicon Valley company Oracle do the job...

In the aftermath of what was likely the most spectacular failure among state-run Affordable Care Act health exchange site launches, the state of Oregon has filed a lawsuit against Oracle America Inc. over the total failure of the Cover Oregon exchange.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/oregon-attorney-...

As a result of the ongoing problems, in April 2014, the board of directors voted to close the state-run exchange and adopt the Federal HealthCare.gov exchange beginning in 2015.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_Oregon

Turns out Oregon even got some money out of Oracle in the end?

Gov. Kate Brown announced today the settlement of the six lawsuits the state and the company filed against one another after the failure of the Cover Oregon health exchange website.

The settlement, valued at $100 million, includes cash payments to Oregon as well as a six-year license agreement for products and services that Brown said can be used to "significantly modernize state government's IT systems."