The U.S. governments healthcare portal is under emergency care, afflicted by ailments that have sickened many government IT health systems worldwide.
Two weeks after it opened, users still struggle to gain access and sign up for insurance under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature legislation.
Financial, technical and managerial missteps caused the crisis, and fixing the $400 million system could take up to two months, the New York Times wrote on Sunday.
The causes for the fiasco are varied and include unfeasible deadlines, scalability issues and bickering politicians.
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