July 31 (Bloomberg) — Year two of Obamacare "won't be perfect," a top Obama administration official said today as the government's website to sell health insurance plans continues to be developed.
Andy Slavitt, the principle deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, would not promise that the site, healthcare.gov, will be "fully ready" in November, when people can start buying insurance plans for 2015.
"It's a bumpy process at times," Slavitt, a former UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, said at a congressional hearing. "We've got committed people who by-and-large are doing a good job. There will certainly be bumps."
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