Obamacare Website Will Be Fixed By Sign Up Deadline, Contractor Says

Obamacare Contractor: Troubled Website Will Be Fixed By Key Deadline
Cheryl Campbell, Senior vice president of CGI Federal, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with contractors that built the federal government's health care websites. The contractors responsible for building the troubled Healthcare.gov website say it was the government's responsibility _ not theirs _ to test it and make sure it worked. From left, Campbell, Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI, and Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Cheryl Campbell, Senior vice president of CGI Federal, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with contractors that built the federal government's health care websites. The contractors responsible for building the troubled Healthcare.gov website say it was the government's responsibility _ not theirs _ to test it and make sure it worked. From left, Campbell, Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI, and Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Obamacare's problem-plagued website Healthcare.gov will be fixed in time to allow people to enroll in private health insurance by a Dec. 15 deadline to obtain benefits beginning on Jan. 1, the main Obamacare contractor CGI Federal told a congressional panel.

Executives representing CGI and another technology contractor, UnitedHealth Group unit Quality Software Services Inc. (QSSI), said they made no recommendation to U.S. officials on whether the site should open for enrollment on Oct. 1. But QSSI told lawmakers that it kept the Obama administration apprised of risks throughout development.

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