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February 14, 2014 at 10:18 AM
Four Republican leaders at the House Energy & Commerce Committee want investigators to take a look at Oregon’s state-based health insurance exchange.
The organizers of Cover Oregon received $304 million in federal grants and $160 million in state funding, but exchange still doesn’t have a working enrollment website.
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., the chairman of the committee, and the chairmen of the communications, oversight and health subcommittees, have asked U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to have his agency — the U.S. Government Accountability Office — review how the Oregon exchange used its money.
“If Oregon decides to abandon the Cover Oregon website and state-run exchange, what capability does the federal government have to reclaim the grant funds?” the lawmakers ask.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services runs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges for many states.
