Exclusive: Obama allies revive push for Obamacare CEO

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Exclusive: Obama allies revive push for Obamacare CEO

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-obama-allies-revive-push-obamacare-ceo-110315409--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i7XagIpjJckJqavJnF5nHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-17T141513Z_1_CBREA4G0UQ300_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-TECHNOLOGY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustration" align="left" title="A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustration" border="0" /></a>By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of healthcare experts close to the White House is urging the Obama administration to appoint a new chief executive officer to oversee Obamacare's online health insurance exchanges and safeguard the next open enrollment period that begins in six months. The recommendation, in a report due to be released by the Washington-based Center for American Progress think tank, calls for a major shakeup within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which presided over last year's disastrous rollout of the federal market portal, HealthCare.gov. The CEO would answer only to President Barack Obama and his intended new health secretary, Sylvia Mathews Burwell. CAP's plan would have the CEO assume full oversight of both federal and state exchanges, as well as insurers and market regulations, but not Medicare or Medicaid.</p><br clear="all"/>

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