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November 14, 2013 at 05:40 AM
A former federal official who predicted in September that HealthCare.gov would have huge problems says the president should replace the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services inspector general.
The former official, Michel Astrue, was the commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 2007 to 2013.
Astrue said Daniel Levinson, the HHS inspector general, contributed to the problems at HealthCare.gov and other components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges by failing to devote more of the resources of his office to PPACA-related audits.
Levinson’s office did just one short, vague report in the summer, Astrue said.
“I challenge you to read the list of inspector general audit reports for this year and to identify just one report that you wouldn’t trade for a thorough audit of the functionality and security of the exchanges,” Astrue said. “In short, good government requires a new inspector general.”
Astrue, appointed by President George W. Bush, has included those remarks in written testimony posted on the House Energy & Commerce Committee website.
