U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) responded to implementation of the federal health insurance reform law Friday by calling for the resignation of former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius from her post as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Roberts, a Kansas Republican and frequent critic of Obamacare, said Sebelius should step aside for "grosss incompetence leading to the complete failure" of the online exchange system designed to enroll millions of Americans in health care plans in accordance with the 2010 legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama.
"How long do we let this failed exchange continue to operate?" Roberts said. "From the very beginning of the bill’s passage, I have said this cannot work."
The online network of exchanges in each state have been plagued by an onslaught of people who have been unable to register.
“Today we know, the problems with the exchanges are systematic, profound and indisputable,” Roberts said. “And, yet, the secretary won’t shoot straight with the American people."
“In the absence of a full repeal of Obamacare, which is my preference, we need new leadership from top to bottom. I am calling on the secretary to resign,” the senator said.
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