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      Obama Says Takes Full Responsibility for Fixing Health Care Website

   U.S. President Barack Obama says he takes full responsibility for
   making sure the problems with the new health care website are fixed as
   soon as possible.
   Speaking in (the northeastern city of)) Boston Wednesday, the president
   said the website is too slow and too many people looking to buy
   insurance are getting stuck. He said he is not happy about it and there
   is no excuse for it.
   But he said the so-called Obamacare website ultimately will be the
   easiest way for Americans to shop for a health care plan.
   Earlier, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
   apologized to a congressional committee for the troubled website. She
   called the technical problems a "debacle."
   But Sebelius said she has brought in new management to fix the website
   and that it already has improved.
   Mr. Obama defended his health care initiative at Boston`s historic
   Faneuil Hall -- the same place where former Republican governor Mitt
   Romney signed Massachusetts` state health care law in 2006.
   The U.S. president said he modeled the federal law on the Massachusetts
   law. He pointed out that the state also had trouble getting its plan
   launched. But he said dire predictions that it would be a disaster did
   not come true.
   Under Obamacare, uninsured Americans have until March 31 to buy a
   federally subsidized health care plan or face a financial penalty.
   Mr. Obama repeatedly assured his audience that people who like their
   current plans will be able to keep them. Republicans accuse him of
   breaking his word, saying that some people have had their plans
   canceled because they do not comply with the new federal law.
   Republicans also have argued that the troubled health care website`s
   glitches are proof the government is not capable of managing the
   complex program.
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