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Early glitches could turn into much bigger problems for Obamacare

President Obama promised it would be as easy as buying a TV from Amazon.com But purchasing a health-insurance plan through government websites hasn't turned out that way. Tech glitches and lousy design continue to plague HealthCare.gov the federal website where people in more than 30 states can buy insurance. The launch has been so poorly managed that even Obama's former spokesman, Robert Gibbs, is calling for scalps. "I hope they fire some people that were in charge of making sure that this thing was supposed to work," he said.

It's not a good sign that the federal government won't...

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