The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that the Hawaii Health Connector will immediately set in motion a contingency plan to shut down operations. The Health Connector will cease new enrollments this Friday, discontinue outreach services May 31, transfer its technology to the state by Sept. 30 and completely eliminate its workforce by Feb. 28.
Residents of Hawaii will have to re-enroll in the federal healthcare.gov exchange to ensure coverage next year. Migrating to healthcare.gov is estimated to cost $30 million.
Nearly $205 million in federal grants were awarded to build and operate the Hawaii Health Connector online marketplace.
#ACASignups HAWAII: @HIConnector about to bite the dust?? http://t.co/RV3ZFoLUif #ACA #Obamacare
— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) May 11, 2015
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"Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the Hawaii Health Connector’s board and administration assumed at least 100,000 people would sign up"
— VERNON BALMER JR. (@VERNIVERN) May 11, 2015
Hawaii flushing $205M on failed Obamacare exchange does not dethrone the reigning champs: Oregon, $305M for a site that never even launched.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 12, 2015
Please call the people responsible for Obamacare debacles in Oregon, Mass., and Hawaii for some oversight, @jasoninthehouse and @Jim_Jordan.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 12, 2015
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