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by dmix 4630 days ago
> Before we all explode in outrage, are we sure that we are reading the details of this correctly?

> the ACA website cost only $93M

What more details do we need? There's much worse going on at the same time than that ridiculous number. But it is totally sufficient in on it's own to be outraged.

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What is the appropriate cost for a health insurance marketplace that needs to support 33 states, with the security and privacy requirements such a federal system entails, and with the need to support millions of customers as soon as it opens?

Can you provide a more reasonable, informed cost estimate?