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ms. o'toole? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange. mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you. sorry, i'm having trouble with the microphone. we are about the same. and i'm happy to provide the committee with a full balance sheet. >> thank you. mr. gutierrez? >> we are still in a very much a build year. our operation and build expenses within the connector are on the order of about $65 million. >> mr. kissel? >> a little over $8.5 million. >> thank you. mr. lee?
ms. o'toole? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >>...
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ms. o'toole? >> thank you. some of the same things that you've heard already. we in minnesota early on took on two self-evaluations of ourself to make sure we identified problems and could focus resources where they needed to be. and we have made tremendous progress in two years, and hundreds of thousands of minnesotans have enrolled with relative ease now. we also put in much stronger governance process and procedure in place. >> mr. allen? >> thank you. >> as i mentioned, i've had direct responsibility for the exchanges functions in oregon for about 90 days. >> so you fixed the whole thing. >> yeah. the assignment of those functions transferring from a corporation to a state agency was the most significant step policymakers did in oregon to put this on a lacer path. we're now put in the position of delivering marketplace services in an efficient and functional way and moving forward that way. >> thank you. thank you very much mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. griffith? >> i know we're talking a
ms. o'toole? >> thank you. some of the same things that you've heard already. we in minnesota early on took on two self-evaluations of ourself to make sure we identified problems and could focus resources where they needed to be. and we have made tremendous progress in two years, and hundreds of thousands of minnesotans have enrolled with relative ease now. we also put in much stronger governance process and procedure in place. >> mr. allen? >> thank you. >> as i...
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ms. o'toole? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange. mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you. sorry, i'm having trouble with the microp
ms. o'toole? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >>...
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ms. o'toole? >> thank you, congressman. i have no information about that. >> i think mr. allen knows potentially the answer to this question in oregon. >> well, congressman, i was not directly involved in the management or operation of the exchange at that point and have no direct experience with that kind of involvement. >> all right. good answer on your part. however, i want to introduce into the record, mr. chairman, a series of newspaper articles that were acquired that investigative reporting that was done that clearly indicate that our governor at the time used his outside political campaign staff to manage and coordinate the messaging on cover oregon and may be worse than that based on e-mails that have been made available from foya. i just think it's important for the committee to know, as we investigate what happened to this money, what happened in the behind the scenes apparently in our state of oregon? and so mr. chairman, without objection, i'd like to have those entered in. >> no obje
ms. o'toole? >> thank you, congressman. i have no information about that. >> i think mr. allen knows potentially the answer to this question in oregon. >> well, congressman, i was not directly involved in the management or operation of the exchange at that point and have no direct experience with that kind of involvement. >> all right. good answer on your part. however, i want to introduce into the record, mr. chairman, a series of newspaper articles that were acquired...
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ms. o'toole?blishment of our exchange, federal dollars, but no operational funds. >> mr. wadleigh? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange, mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you, mr. chair, sorry, i'm having trouble with the microphone. we are about the same, and i'm happy to provide the committee with a full balance sheet of our budget. >> thank you. mr. gutierrez? >> we are still in a very much a build year. our operation and billed expenses within the connector are on the order of about $65 million. >> mr. kissel? >> a little over $8.5 million. >> our total budget is about $330 million. i don't have it off the top of my head. >> and mr. wadleigh, would you know? >> our total budget for the year is $28 million. and roughly $18 million of that is dedicated to operational costs. >> so, with all that, and i would appreciate, this committee woul
ms. o'toole?blishment of our exchange, federal dollars, but no operational funds. >> mr. wadleigh? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange, mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you, mr. chair, sorry, i'm having trouble with the microphone. we are about the same, and i'm happy to provide the committee with a...
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ms. o'toole? >> i have no information about that. >> i think mr. allen the potential of the to this question in oregon. >> i was not directly involved in the management or operation of exchange at the department of health direct experience with that kind of involvement. >> kodansha on your part. i want to introduce, to into a series of newspaper articles that were acquired, investigative reporting that was done that could indicate that our governor at the time used it outside political campaign staff to manage and coordinate messaging on covert work in. it may be worse than that based on e-mails made available from for you. i think it's important for the e committee to know as we investigate what happened to this money, what happened behind the scenes, apparently, in our state of oregon. and so, mr. chairman, without objection of like of those entered in. >> without objection. >> mr. allen, due to how close to completion cover oregon was when they pulled the plug on it? >> i don't have direct know
ms. o'toole? >> i have no information about that. >> i think mr. allen the potential of the to this question in oregon. >> i was not directly involved in the management or operation of exchange at the department of health direct experience with that kind of involvement. >> kodansha on your part. i want to introduce, to into a series of newspaper articles that were acquired, investigative reporting that was done that could indicate that our governor at the time used it...