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The CA website costs $313M: http://www.latimes.com/health/healthcare/la-fi-obamacare-cal...

Did they have to build a new data center? Hire specially trained astronauts to run it from it's location on the moon? Sitting in special chairs made from exotic materials they reverse engineered from UFOs? I mean JFC where did that money go? It makes the dotcom days look like an era of fiscal responsibility.

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See the previous discussions, here's one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6492127

It wasn't simply the website - it's the entire exchange including call centers, advertising, etc.

Ah, yeah. That makes sense. I can't imagine the call center for that program. Probably looks something like mission control or a war room. Then all the surrounding stuff. When you throw in facilities plus all that surrounds the program it makes sense.

its is always dot com days in the world of government contracting.

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