Google, Oracle, Red Hat experts to help fix Obamacare website

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 09:19

Experts from top technology and Internet companies including Google Inc , Oracle Corp and Red Hat Inc have joined the Obama administration`s effort to fix its troubled HealthCare.gov website, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

Obama owns up to healthcare law website fiasco

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 10:00

Scores of Americans who logged on to the website for signing up for the insurance plans, met with glitches and the website ran painfully slow.

Obama vows health website fix, says some rates may rise

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 09:32

President Barack Obama took the heat Wednesday for his health reforms` bungled rollout, and acknowledged perhaps for the first time that some Americans will pay more for coverage under Obamacare.

US health chief defends `Obamacare` despite criticism

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 09:10

The top US health official will issue a trenchant defence of "Obamacare" on Wednesday, defying critics who have savaged the White House over how the reforms were leaving some Americans uninsured.

Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 08:22

A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law went down on Sunday, halting online enrollment for all 50 states in the latest problem to hit the program's troubled rollout.

IT company run by Indian-Americans to fix Obamacare website

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 13:12

An IT company run by Indian-Americans has been entrusted with the task to fix the problem-plagued website for President Barack Obama`s signature health care reforms.

Indian-American run firm to fix Obamacare website

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:21

The Obama administration has turned to a technology company run by Indian-Americans to fix the problem ridden website for Americans to buy insurance under President Barack Obama`s signature healthcare law.

US lawmakers step up assault over 'Obamacare' woes

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 12:06

US lawmakers have grilled the contractors behind the troubled Obamacare website as Republicans attacked what they dubbed "one of the biggest IT disasters in government history."

`Obamacare` complexity blamed for tech glitches

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 08:55

Obama is facing a barrage of criticism for failures stemming from this month`s debut of Healthcare.gov, through which millions of Americans are expected to buy insurance.

Shutdown costs US 120,000 jobs, says White House

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12:56

The partial US government shutdown has cut 0.25 percentage point off the fourth-quarter economic growth and cost the country 120,000 jobs in October, the White House has said.

Republicans making `Obamacare` their next target

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 23:02

`Obamacare` escaped unharmed from the government shutdown Republicans hoped would stop it, but just as quickly they have opened a new line of attack on President Barack Obama`s signature legislative achievement, one handed to them by the administration itself.

Obamacare`s rocky debut obscured by shutdown

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 09:30

Technical problems have hobbled the website design to sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health care, but they have largely been overshadowed by a 16-day government shutdown.