Another ACA Web Site Bites the Dust: Massachusetts Scraps ACA Site. Price? $100 Million!

“Massachusetts plans to scrap the state’s dysfunctional online health insurance website, after deciding it would be too expensive and time-consuming to fix, and replace it with a system used by several other states to enroll residents in plans.

Simultaneously, the state is preparing to temporarily join the federal HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace in case the replacement system is not ready by the fall.

The strategy announced Monday will still cost an estimated $100 million, and it creates many uncertainties, especially for insurance companies and consumers. Some customers might eventually need to change insurance plans.” - Mass. scrapping flawed health insurance website. Next steps have uncertainties for users, insurers - Bostonglobe.com, 05/05/2014

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http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/05/05/mass-scrapping-flawed-health-insurance-website-saying-too-broken-fix/oVT1f1X9hE4jaNOfF5XaiP/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw