mr. slavitt. i would like to go back a little bit of the discussion you had with my colleague from ohio mr. johnson. i know you made comments there at the end for you pointed out that in the real world and things are much more realistic and ideologically many times things seem like they are going to bid -- be better than they are. i would say to you sir that is exactly why i am running for office and being a nurse because i did see in my husband as the doctor saw that the plan that was going forward was not going to be realistic. i think we have learned over time that is the case. there were many promises made that have not been kept. well-intended, but not true for the american people. so i do again, i share with you that same sentiment and realize too but that is why we feel so strongly about this issue that the american people do need to see what can be realistic and achieved in good health care in this country and good health care coverage. you did also have an exchange with mr. johnson on the

mr. slavitt, mr. cohen also was asked in his last appearance here in january about the issue on the risk corners and the risk sharing. the question came up about what if there is not enough money in the risk corridor to actually cover the premium shortfalls that the insurance companies are experiencing? and would he look to -- that was mr. cohen -- would he look to supplementing those funds from general revenue of the treasury of the united states? he couldn't answer the question. i asked him if he could provide us with a legal memorandum upon which he relied to obtain the ability to get funding from other sources if the internal funding was not enough to cover the cost of the risk corridors. that was january. i'm still waiting. i would like to know if i'm going to receive an answer to that question, and if so, when that answer might be forthcoming. fact of the matter is, both the department of health and human services and the white house failed to heed internal and external warnings about the lack o

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mr. slavitt. you are new to cms and have primary responsibility for the website so i hope you can tell us you plan to do in 2015. >> i now recognize doctor burgess for five minutes. >> thank you for the recognition and for joining us here again in the subcommittee. throughout the development in the rollout of healthcare.gov, the committee t, the subcommitte has repeated assurances that the systems were and would be ready to go if the implementation was on track. here in september literally days before the october 1 launch of healthcare.gov. we have repeated assurances from the then director of the center for consumer information insurance oversight. they would be able to go online and seek the premium subsidy and would be able to sign up. we know that they were challenged. without the development or its oversight of this has led to hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars being wasted. again, the other hhs officials told us time and time again that the website was working. that was fact

mr. slavitt. and i specifically asked mr. slavitt if he had reviewed the five recommendations gao had made. do you remember hearing that? >> yes. >> and do you remember hearing mr. slavitt say that cms agrees with all five of the recommendations? do you remember hearing that? >> i remember hearing that, yes. >> so i would just, i would just, you know, sometimes i like to have both the agency witness and the gao, so that they can answer each other's issues, but i just want the record to be clear that mr. slavitt has said that they recognize this recommendation, they intend to comply with it and i think mr. chairman we should follow up and make sure that happens. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. >> i recognize dr. burns for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair opinion. mr. woods, thank you for being here and i commend the general accountability office on great work. this has not been easy and i appreciate how difficult it's been to be here today and i appreciate your forbearance. along the lines of what miss dage