The inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services will open an investigation into issues surrounding the botched roll out of Maryland's Obamacare insurance exchange. The request came from Republican Rep. Andy Harris. This is the second federal investigation into a state Obamacare exchange. Cover Oregon, which has yet to sign anyone up on the web, was targeted last week by HHS. Politico: The IG’s move, first reported by The Baltimore Sun, follows the announcement last week that the Government Accountability Office would look into Cover Oregon, which has not been able to enroll anyone entirely online yet, and other exchanges. Both Maryland and Oregon are Democratic-led states that embraced the ACA and eagerly agreed to build their own new health insurance exchanges. Both pledged to be pace-setters, but both ended up having technical messes that hampered coverage enrollment. Maryland’s botched rollout has become an issue in the...(Read Full Post)