Oregon takes steps toward lawsuit over defunct health exchange website

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Oregon takes steps toward lawsuit over defunct health exchange website

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Oregon is taking the next step toward a possible lawsuit against the company that developed the embattled Cover Oregon website as part of the implementation of the federal healthcare program known as Obamacare, state officials said on Tuesday. The state issued what are known as civil investigative demands (CIDs) for information on Monday in the potential case against Oracle Corps, which the state paid about $134 million to create technology for the site. "Beyond that, I cannot comment on the content of the CIDs, who they were issued to or how many were issued," said Kristina Edmunson, communications director for the Oregon Department of Justice. Oregon, a state that fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, endured one of the rockiest rollouts of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, requiring tens of thousands of applicants to use paper forms since launching on Oct. 1.

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