Feds Will Take Over IT for Hawaii's Health Exchange

The feds are stepping in to help out with Hawaii Health Connector's troubled website. State officials say this won't make a big difference to connector customers but it's another indication of serious problems the program needs to overcome.

 

Friday officials said the state agreed to let Washington be the conduit to health coverage while Hawaii Heath Connector gets its act together.

If the federal government doesn't release grant money the Connector's executive director says the program will be out of funds by the end of next month.

"We're working with the federal governor's office and our state partners to achieve a satisfactory result of unrestriction of funds," said Jeffrey Kissel.