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Oregon’s Three ObamaCare Blunders that Wasted $305 Million

By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, June 26 2014

After spending hundreds of millions of dollars yet failing to enroll a single person on its ObamaCare health insurance website, Oregon’s top officials are considering whether to sue Oracle, the software giant and primary contractor. This isn’t where Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber and other ObamaCare supporters thought they’d be. When Cover Oregon – the state board overseeing the enrollment website’s development – launched, it ran expensive web and television ads targeting young hipsters. Unlike Kentucky and Connecticut – states with working websites…

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