The state of Massachusetts has thrown in the towel in their effort to make their Obamacare website work properly. They now plan to scrap the whole thing and use the federal exchange to sign people up. The Hill: "I’ve said all along that no option on the table would be perfect, and the dual track certainly has its benefits and its challenges," said Sarah Iselin, special assistant to Gov. Deval Patrick (D), in a statement Monday. "It does, however, solve for two realities: we need a reliable website to help people during the next open enrollment period, and we need to be in a position to achieve a fully integrated system in 2015." Iselin and an official with UnitedHealth's Optum technology unit will present their plan to the Connector's board of directors on Thursday. Optum was hired to help strengthen the Massachusetts exchange. The system's problems are particularly notable since the 2006 Massachusetts healthcare overhaul...(Read Full Post)