{"id":3150,"date":"2019-10-17T22:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T22:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2023-07-20T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:14:37","slug":"expert-health-care-exchange-development-problems-still-look-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/expert-health-care-exchange-development-problems-still-look-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert: Health Care Exchange Development Problems Still Look Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Sarich, Vice President of Strategy at VUE Software (an insurance automation company) said he has seen no evidence that the company charged with improving programming code for the federal Health Insurance Exchange has done their job. \u00a0At risk: back-end systems that are supposed to handle billing qualified health plan (QHP) enrollees and paying Obamacare subsidies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>The vendor, Accenture, originally was supposed to have a back-end system running by mid-January. \u00a0The federal government then pushed the deadline back to mid-March. 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