Former Microsoft exec Kurt DelBene taking over healthcare.gov
Dec 17, 2013, 11:12 AM | Updated: 11:25 am
Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene is taking over as the top tech honcho for HealthCare.gov, President Barack Obama's problem-plagued health insurance website. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene is taking over as the top tech honcho for HealthCare.gov, President Barack Obama’s problem-plagued health insurance website.
Kurt DelBene, husband of Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Washington state Democrat who also has a technology background, will replace White House adviser Jeffrey Zients.
Zients, a management consultant, was sent in by Obama to overhaul the website after its disastrous launch in October.
While no one is saying “Mission Accomplished,” Zients says he has met his goal and the site is working smoothly for the majority of users.
DelBene’s appointment was announced Tuesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The website is the insurance portal for Obama’s health care law.
Dec. 23 is the deadline to enroll for coverage effective Jan. 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
