Obama Addresses Health Exchange Website Problems

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October 21, 2013

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, on the initial rollout of the health care overhaul. (Evan Vucci/AP)

The Obama administration has called in additional computer experts to help fix glitches in the health care website, HealthCare.gov.

The site has been up for more than two weeks now and has been riddled with issues. Today, President Obama addressed those problems in a speech at the White House.

NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson with details.

Guest

Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for NPR. She tweets @jrovner.

This segment aired on October 21, 2013.

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