Monday, November 04, 2013

Why the Googlification of Obamacare Really Matters - Businessweek

So perhaps we'll eventually have the CIA on Amazon Web Services and HealthCare.gov on Google Compute Engine...
"It justifies the administration’s tough-it-out strategy. The implicit message is that healthcare.gov must be salvageable—otherwise, why would these companies wade into a political morass? Republicans in Congress will be scrutinizing the White House’s attempts to reboot the website and issuing subpoenas in hopes of further embarrassing President Obama, who has already been tarnished by its failure. These Silicon Valley firms are lending their expertise to the project even though some, like Google, are furious about the National Security Agency’s aggressive, secret pursuit of their customers’ data, as the New York Times reports."
Why the Googlification of Obamacare Really Matters - Businessweek

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