From the Baltimore Sun:
Maryland has terminated its contracts with the company hired to build and operate the state’s online health exchange, which has been riddled with problems since its launch in October.
The board overseeing the exchange voted Sunday night to sever ties with Noridian Healthcare Solutions, and the state reserves the right to take the company to court for damages, officials said Monday.
Critics of the botched rollout said Noridian should have been replaced long before now, and they renewed calls for an investigation into why Maryland stumbled with implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The website is so flawed that state officials are considering abandoning it after open enrollment ends next month.
The decision ends a $193 million deal for North Dakota-based Noridian to build and host the online insurance marketplace for the next five years. For now, the state will rely on Optum/QSSI, a Columbia-based company hired in December to help fix Maryland’s exchange.
Officials said the move would help more people sign up for health insurance before the March 31 deadline.
Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-state-fires-health-exchange-contractor-20140224,0,1280182.story#ixzz2uJtK47qoSo many State exchanges have been total disaster, including Nevada. Oregon and Maryland's web sites. And now Maryland is switching companies?
Another admission that ObamaCare has been a complete train wreck,
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