The Patriot Post® · Massachusetts Dumps Exchange

Following the ObamaCare marketplace debacles in Maryland and Oregon, Massachusetts, whose state-run insurance program was considered a model by federal overhaul advocates, is dumping its own exchange after the glitch-ridden website proved too expensive to fix. Instead, the state will “replace it with a system used by several other states to enroll residents in plans,” reports The Boston Globe, but will also “temporarily join the federal HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace in case the replacement system is not ready by the fall.” The two-step plan is anticipated to cost $100 million over the next year. This should come as little surprise considering who the state hired to develop the website. The Globe notes, “In March, the state notified CGI, the contractor that created the website, that the deal was being terminated.” That would be the same Canadian-based contractor that butchered the federal exchange.