Gus Bilirakis: No Surprise Obamacare Site was Hacked

From his perch on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., said on Monday that it was no surprise to see Healthcare.gov, the website for President Barack Obamas health-care law, has been hacked.

Healthcare.gov has been plagued with errors since day one, Bilirakis said. "Unfortunately, it is no surprise Healthcare.gov was hacked which potentially jeopardizes the personally identifiable information of Americans. I saw this coming, which is why I introduced HR 3795, the One Hour Notification (OH No) Act, in December of 2013.

Bilirakis bill would have mandated the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services to contact any Americans whose information was compromised through Healthcare.gov within an hour, the same time frame the federal government demands of contractors working on the website. While Bilirakis bill did not pass, parts of it were included in the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014 which sailed through both chambers of Congress.

The Florida congressman continues to oppose the health care law.

Millions of Americans were forced to sign up for the exchanges in order to avoid being fined under the individual mandate, Biliraksi said. They have seen their health care costs rise, lost access to the doctor or plan they liked, and now are potential victims of identity theft. Despite all this, the administration opposes legislation like mine, which would require the federal government to alert Americans when their information has been compromised. The president forced his unpopular, unworkable law on the American people which is not functioning the way he promised.