Gus Bilirakis: Obamacare Still 'Not Ready for Prime Time'

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., who sits on the U.S. Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, pointed to reports from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and HealthCare.gov which found major flaws with President Barack Obamas health-care law.

OIG has reported 2.6 million unresolved inconsistencies in the applications of individuals who signed up for the president's health-care law. This could mean errors in citizenship, income, employment information, or a host of other issues," Bilirakis said on Tuesday. "This is yet another piece of evidence that the ACA was not ready for prime time. Improper subsidy amounts funded by taxpayers may have gone to people that were ineligible. I previously expressed my reservations about the back end of HealthCare.gov, which is responsible for processing this kind of information. Its obvious my misgivings were warranted.

Bilirakis noted, back in August, he introduced the No Taxation Without Verification Act which would have stopped Obamas health-care law from imposing fees and taxes until it was proven the website was secure and fully operational.

I introduced legislation nearly a year ago that would have prevented this, Bilirakis said. However, the level of irresponsibility when it comes to the implementation of the president's health-care law by this administration continues. They went live with HealthCare.gov knowing full well how far it was from completion chock full of errors. The administrations malfeasance toward spending taxpayers hard-earned money is outrageous. These OIG reports detail the latest example of one of the many serious problems in the presidents health-care law."