Healthcare.gov,
the federal Obamacare website, cost taxpayers more than $630 million,
nearly seven times its original estimate of $93 million, new figures reveal.
Yet it will likely take months to get it running properly following its disastrous rollout last week, when those hoping to enroll instead experienced an online nightmare, with websites crashing, refusing to load, and failing to offer comprehensive choices.
"It’s like trying to repair a car while someone is driving it," George Edwards, a computer scientist and professor at the University of Southern California, told Fox News.
The administration has tried to explain away the problems as a result of heavy traffic.
"Take away the volume and it works," President Barack Obama's chief technology adviser, Todd Park, told USA Today.
Yet it will likely take months to get it running properly following its disastrous rollout last week, when those hoping to enroll instead experienced an online nightmare, with websites crashing, refusing to load, and failing to offer comprehensive choices.
"It’s like trying to repair a car while someone is driving it," George Edwards, a computer scientist and professor at the University of Southern California, told Fox News.
The administration has tried to explain away the problems as a result of heavy traffic.
"Take away the volume and it works," President Barack Obama's chief technology adviser, Todd Park, told USA Today.
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