A handful of House Democrats want the contractors responsible for HealthCare.gov to be held accountable for the failures of the Obamacare website. On Friday, four freshmen — Pete Gallego and Filemon Vela of Texas, Krysten Sinema of Arizona and Bill Enyart of Illinois — along with sophomore Rep. Ron Barber of Arizona, sent a strongly-worded letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. They want the Justice Department to determine whether taxpayers deserve a refund for the government payments made to contractors responsible for HealthCare.gov. "The website was not ready for the traffic it received. In the weeks since its opening, the website has never performed as expected or promised," the lawmakers wrote. "As a result, we ask that you review the contracts to determine whether CGI Federal and/or any other company involved in the construction of the website has violated the terms of its agreement or is in constructive breach of the contract. "Specifically, we ask that you pursue any and all remedies up to and including a refund of any and all monies paid to the contractors for a website that doesn't work," they continued. "If the government has purchased faulty or defective services, the taxpayers deserve and should demand their money back." (more…)
