Maryland recoups money spent on botched health exchange rollout under settlement with IBM
Maryland will recoup millions of dollars spent on the disastrous rollout of the state’s health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act under a settlement with IBM, which supplied the technology.
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced the $14.8 million settlement with IBM and its Curam Software unit Friday, a little more than five years after then-Gov. Martin O’Malley blamed the technology giant for the website’s problems and said: “We take responsibility for fixing this, and we'll see IBM in court."
The online marketplace, where people who don’t get health insurance through an employer could buy coverage, crashed on the first day of open enrollment in the fall of 2013.
The failure was a high-profile black mark on O’Malley, who was running for president at the time, and his Lt.Gov. Anthony Brown, who was running for governor. Both had touted Maryland’s support for the health law, a signature domestic achievement for president Barack Obama, and the state’s preparation. Neither Maryland politician, both Democrats, was successful.
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