Maryland: Residents Upset Over ‘Major’ ObamaCare Problems

PETERSON And first at ░░░░░░░░ a major problem within ░░░░░░░░ s health care exchange ░░░░░░░░ getting worse The health ░░░░░░░░ website it s already ░░░░░░░░ millions of taxpayer s ░░░░░░░░ will hemorrhage millions more ░░░░░░░░ months for months to ░░░░░░░░ STARLING Now the latest ░░░░░░░░ made public this afternoon ░░░░░░░░ rack up more than ░░░░░░░░ million in excess Medicaid ░░░░░░░░ Maryland bureau chief Brad ░░░░░░░░ joins us now So ░░░░░░░░ what s behind this ░░░░░░░░ problem BELL Well Alison ░░░░░░░░ problem is the online ░░░░░░░░ can t tell whether ░░░░░░░░ not people who signed ░░░░░░░░ for Medicaid are actually ░░░░░░░░ So the state not ░░░░░░░░ to harm the deserving ░░░░░░░░ to cover everybody And ░░░░░░░░ is going to cost ░░░░░░░░ The Maryland health care ░░░░░░░░ website debacle has been ░░░░░░░░ reported The software has ░░░░░░░░ so glitchy Many like ░░░░░░░░ health care provider Christina ░░░░░░░░ have been unable to ░░░░░░░░ up for insurance OCOCHA ░░░░░░░░ m concerned I m ░░░░░░░░ because you don t ░░░░░░░░ know what is going ░░░░░░░░ happen the next minute ░░░░░░░░ Sarah Toppins had the ░░░░░░░░ experience and had to ░░░░░░░░ private coverage TOPPINS When ░░░░░░░░ know the whole thing ░░░░░░░░ I thought it was ░░░░░░░░ good idea And then ░░░░░░░░ tried to get on ░░░░░░░░ Maryland system and couldn ░░░░░░░░ BELL Now for the ░░░░░░░░ time we re hearing ░░░░░░░░ how much more the ░░░░░░░░ 200 million website will ░░░░░░░░ taxpayers At a hearing ░░░░░░░░ Annapolis today state budget ░░░░░░░░ revealed 30 5 million ░░░░░░░░ over the next 18 ░░░░░░░░ because just one bug ░░░░░░░░ the system TOPPINS So ░░░░░░░░ find out that my ░░░░░░░░ are going to cost ░░░░░░░░ money even though I ░░░░░░░░ to go to another ░░░░░░░░ I find that a ░░░░░░░░ upsetting BELL The particular ░░░░░░░░ exposed today has to ░░░░░░░░ with the system s ░░░░░░░░ to track which Medicaid ░░░░░░░░ no longer qualify for ░░░░░░░░ benefit because their income ░░░░░░░░ gone up But it ░░░░░░░░ just one glitch in ░░░░░░░░ entire system that needs ░░░░░░░░ be fixed And the ░░░░░░░░ report points out even ░░░░░░░░ firing the contractor who ░░░░░░░░ the mess the state ░░░░░░░░ has no plan as ░░░░░░░░ how to fix it ░░░░░░░░ Somebody should have done ░░░░░░░░ homework better MATHIS It ░░░░░░░░ unfortunate that tax dollars ░░░░░░░░ being wasted like that ░░░░░░░░ it s not working ░░░░░░░░ try something different You ░░░░░░░░ t keep doing you ░░░░░░░░ money into something that ░░░░░░░░ not working BELL Now ░░░░░░░░ is just one of ░░░░░░░░ problems with the website ░░░░░░░░ s had a price ░░░░░░░░ assigned to it At ░░░░░░░░ point it s impossible ░░░░░░░░ say ultimately how much ░░░░░░░░ this will cost how ░░░░░░░░ money will have been ░░░░░░░░ because as we said ░░░░░░░░ state hasn t even ░░░░░░░░ how to fix it ░░░░░░░░ In Silver Spring Brad ░░░░░░░░ ABC 7 News.”