Oracle Sues Oregon Over ObamaCare Disaster

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And Oregon is likely going to sue Oracle right back. Frankly, they both deserve to lose given the mess they produced together.

Via Fox News:

Oracle Corp. has sued the state of Oregon in a fight over the state’s health insurance exchange, saying government officials are using the technology company’s software despite $23 million in disputed bills.

Oracle’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against Cover Oregon was filed Friday in federal court in Portland. It alleges that state officials repeatedly promised to pay the company but have not done so.

The suit seeks unspecified damages.

Oregon’s health insurance enrollment website was never launched to the general public. State officials have blamed Oracle, but the company says the state’s bad management is responsible.

Gov. John Kitzhaber has called for the state to sue Oracle and recover some of the $134 million it’s already paid to the Redwood City, California, company.

In June, Oregon issued legal demands for documents that could become evidence in a possible lawsuit against Oracle.

Keep reading…

Thank You Fox News and Mr Gutkowski. 

Employees Behind Failed Cover Oregon Website Getting Nice Bonuses

Nice to know that at least somebody's getting something out of the destruction of America's economy.

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By: Jake (Diary)  |  June 25th, 2014 at 02:00 PM 

My fellow Contributor Moe Lane has spent a lot of time covering the absolute fiasco that is Oregon’s Obamacare Exchange. Here’s one more story for the long list of problems: in yet another case of “so tone deaf it has to involve government”, the employees responsible for the Cover Oregon website, unarguably the worst among all state exchanges and so bad that the state has given up on fixing it, are receiving bonuses for their hard work. The Daily Caller reports,

Thirty-eight employees will be awarded bonuses worth one to three months pay to convince them to stay on with the exchange through the next nine months. All remaining 163 employees will be eligible for a bonus worth two weeks of government pay if they remain at the exchange through March 15.

In the months since Oregon officials announced they would be shutting down the exchange and allowing the federal government to take over and run a marketplace through HealthCare.gov, Cover Oregon lost 30 percent of its employees. Hamstreet expects the bonuses to cost another $650,000 of federal taxpayer funding.

Ultimately, $650,000 is a tiny sum from Cover Oregon and the state’s budget, but it’s the principle of rewarding employees for work so shoddy it could only come from a government bureaucracy that’s so appalling. Unsurprisingly, this is a state where every single office of any consequence is held by a Democrat. Oregonians can voice their displeasure by calling their legislators, their governor, and I suppose their federal Senators and Representatives. We can all help out by contributing to Republicans running in Oregon, headlined by gubernatorial candidate Dennis Richardson and U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Monica Wehby, who, as a pediatrician, ought to know a thing or two about healthcare. They need your help.

Thank You Jake and Redstate.

"Cover Oregon" Director Who Dem Governor Said Had Resigned Due To HC Exchange Mess Still Employed At $14,425 A Month

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"Cover Oregon" Director Who Dem Governor Said Had Resigned Due To HC Exchange Mess Is Still Employed, Being Paid $14,425 A Month

So basically we were all lied to, and Governor Kitzhaber is a liar…

Via Oregon Live:

He was the highest profile casualty of Oregon’s health insurance exchange disaster.

Bruce Goldberg, the respected, long-time director of the Oregon Health Authority, offered to resign on March 18. Two days later, with the Cover Oregon tech mess going from bad to worse, Gov. John Kitzhaber announced that he’d shown Goldberg the door.

The resignation was “effective immediately,” said officials in the governor’s office.

Or so we thought.

It turns out, Goldberg never really left and is now drawing a full-time salary from the state. Oregon officials confirm Goldberg returned to full-time status at the Oregon Health Authority on May 15 and will use his accrued vacation pay until July 18.

He’s getting paid $14,425 a month.

Keep reading…

HT: Jammie Wearing Fool

Thank You Oregon Live, WZ, JWF, and Nickarama.

Oregon Health Exchange Under Criminal Federal Investigation Now

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Oregon Health Exchange Under Criminal Federal Investigation Now

Long live the Oregon spirit, Long Live The Oregon Way …

Via Oregon Live:

The federal criminal investigation of Oregon’s health insurance exchange took a step into public view Tuesday when the U.S. Attorney’s office issued broad subpoenas seeking information from Cover Oregon and the Oregon Health Authority.

While the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s interest in the exchange debacle had been previously reported, the legal demands dated May 13 indicate things may have moved beyond a preliminary inquiry to a full-blown investigation.

The investigation, led by federal prosecutors and the FBI, is seeking documents, memos, and emails between the two state entities that oversaw the botched health exchange with U.S. authorities in charge of dispensing federal money for the project.

Keep reading…

Thank You Oregon Live, WZ, and DefendWallSt 

Oregon Will Pay Contractor Another $44 Million Despite Still Non-Working (Govt. Health Care) Exchange Site

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Oregon Will Pay Contractor Another $44 Million Despite Still Non-Working Exchange Site

Awesome…

Via CBS Seattle:

Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange said Monday it will pay its main technology contractor much of the money it’s been withholding in payments, in exchange for Oracle’s promise to continue working with the state during a transition period.

Meanwhile, Gov. John Kitzhaber expressed pessimism about the prospects for Cover Oregon and Oracle finishing the website before the end of March, when nearly all Americans are required to have insurance under the federal health care law.

Keep reading…

Thank You CBS Seattle and Defend Wall Street. 

KGW-OR News Video: As Many As 150,000 Oregonians Will Lose Health Plan Because Of ObamaCare

KGW-OR News Video: As Many As 150,000 Oregonians Will Lose Health Plan Because Of ObamaCare



HT to Zip.