Safe, Secure, Reliable: That's Not Obamacare
Nov 26, 2013 09:26:08 #
Safe, Secure, Reliable: Thats Not Obamacare
November 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard
Officials admitted late last week that Vermont Health Connect, the health exchange website that handles the States Obamacare enrollment, was breached by a user who was able to obtain private information about another applicant including that persons Social Security number.
According to The Associated Press, which reported on the security breach after learning the Health Connect websites privacy advocate had warned Federal Medicaid officials about the incident, the person who was able to breach the sites security evidently wished only to demonstrate that the site wasnt robust enough to trust with ones personal information.
The person whose information was improperly breached received a letter in the mail days after visiting the Health Connect website. Inside was a copy of the application for insurance coverage hed submitted while on the website, along with a handwritten message on the outside of the envelope: VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT IS NOT A SECURE WEBSITE! The same handwritten message also appeared on the back of one of the enclosed pages.
The incident was originally reported to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 17, but was confirmed after The AP requested and obtained a copy under Vermont public records law.
The commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access told the news agency the incident was the product of unique circumstances and represented the only security breach the site had experienced.
The commissioner, David Larson, had testified on Nov. 5 on the sites general performance before the Vermont House Health Care Committee, assuring lawmakers at that time that no ones private information had been breached since the site went live.
After news of the incident began reverberating throughout the Internet over the weekend, Larson wrote a letter apologizing for the lie to Committee Chairman Mike Fisher.
The State official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.
[I] should have instead also included in my response the facts of this single incident, and am sorry that my statements to the committee did not do so, Larson wrote.
I was asked about whether any security failures had occurred in Vermont Health Connect, Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said of his testimony Nov. 5 to the Vermont House Health Care Committee.
I responded that no situation had occurred where somebodys private information had been breached, he added in a letter of apology to the committees chairman, State Representative Mike Fisher. The letter was dated Sunday and made public Monday.
In a statement Monday, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) said he had been briefed on the security breach, which investigators said was neither intentional nor malicious. Shumlin criticized Larson for the misleading testimony.
I take this incident extremely seriously. It is unacceptable to be anything less than fully cooperative and transparent with Vermonters and their elected representatives in the Legislature. I am tremendously disappointed in Commissioner Larsons lapse of judgment in this matter, Shumlin said.
This incident was promptly identified and resolved, and I was disappointed to learn that Commissioner Larson did not adequately disclose the circumstances of it when asked about this topic in committee earlier this month.
Disappointed, but not surprised; after all, he's a Democrat.
November 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard
Officials admitted late last week that Vermont Health Connect, the health exchange website that handles the States Obamacare enrollment, was breached by a user who was able to obtain private information about another applicant including that persons Social Security number.
According to The Associated Press, which reported on the security breach after learning the Health Connect websites privacy advocate had warned Federal Medicaid officials about the incident, the person who was able to breach the sites security evidently wished only to demonstrate that the site wasnt robust enough to trust with ones personal information.
The person whose information was improperly breached received a letter in the mail days after visiting the Health Connect website. Inside was a copy of the application for insurance coverage hed submitted while on the website, along with a handwritten message on the outside of the envelope: VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT IS NOT A SECURE WEBSITE! The same handwritten message also appeared on the back of one of the enclosed pages.
The incident was originally reported to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 17, but was confirmed after The AP requested and obtained a copy under Vermont public records law.
The commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access told the news agency the incident was the product of unique circumstances and represented the only security breach the site had experienced.
The commissioner, David Larson, had testified on Nov. 5 on the sites general performance before the Vermont House Health Care Committee, assuring lawmakers at that time that no ones private information had been breached since the site went live.
After news of the incident began reverberating throughout the Internet over the weekend, Larson wrote a letter apologizing for the lie to Committee Chairman Mike Fisher.
The State official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.
[I] should have instead also included in my response the facts of this single incident, and am sorry that my statements to the committee did not do so, Larson wrote.
I was asked about whether any security failures had occurred in Vermont Health Connect, Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said of his testimony Nov. 5 to the Vermont House Health Care Committee.
I responded that no situation had occurred where somebodys private information had been breached, he added in a letter of apology to the committees chairman, State Representative Mike Fisher. The letter was dated Sunday and made public Monday.
In a statement Monday, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) said he had been briefed on the security breach, which investigators said was neither intentional nor malicious. Shumlin criticized Larson for the misleading testimony.
I take this incident extremely seriously. It is unacceptable to be anything less than fully cooperative and transparent with Vermonters and their elected representatives in the Legislature. I am tremendously disappointed in Commissioner Larsons lapse of judgment in this matter, Shumlin said.
This incident was promptly identified and resolved, and I was disappointed to learn that Commissioner Larson did not adequately disclose the circumstances of it when asked about this topic in committee earlier this month.
Disappointed, but not surprised; after all, he's a Democrat.
Nov 27, 2013 07:32:18 #
Tom G
Loc: Atlanta, GA
Booooring. Why don't you get a hobby, like maybe photgraphy.
Your pontificating (look it up) is Booooring.
Your pontificating (look it up) is Booooring.
Nov 27, 2013 13:12:49 #
Tom G wrote:
Booooring. Why don't you get a hobby, like maybe photgraphy.
Your pontificating (look it up) is Booooring.
Your pontificating (look it up) is Booooring.
When the alert go to sleep, the buffoons take over. Guess that's how you elected Obama twice?
Nov 30, 2013 11:46:21 #
Bram boy
Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
[quote=Gitzo]Safe, Secure, Reliable: Thats Not Obamacare
November 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard
Officials admitted late last week that Vermont Health Connect, the health exchange website that handles the States Obamacare enrollment, was breached by a user who was able to obtain private information about another applicant including that persons Social Security number.
According to The Associated Press, which reported on the security breach after learning the Health Connect websites privacy advocate had warned Federal Medicaid officials about the incident, the person who was able to breach the
sites security evidently wished only to demonstrate that the site wasnt robust
enough to trust with ones personal information.
The person whose information was improperly breached received a letter in the mail days after visiting the Health Connect website. Inside was a copy of the application for insurance coverage hed submitted while on the website, along with a handwritten message on the outside of the envelope: VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT IS NOT A SECURE WEBSITE! The same handwritten message also appeared on the back of one of the enclosed pages.
The incident was originally reported to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 17, but was confirmed after The AP requested and obtained a copy under Vermont public records law
The commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access told the news agency the incident was the product of unique circumstances and represented the only security breach the site had experienced.
The commissioner, David Larson, had testified on Nov. 5 on the sites general performance before the Vermont House Health Care Committee, assuring lawmakers at that time that no ones private information had been breached since the site went live.
After news of the incident began reverberating throughout the Internet over
the weekend, Larson wrote a letter apologizing for the lie to Committee
Chairman Mike Fisher
The State official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.
[I] should have instead also included in my response the facts of this single incident, and am sorry that my statements to the committee did not do so, Larson wrote
I was asked about whether any security failures had occurred in Vermont Health Connect, Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said of his testimony Nov. 5 to the Vermont House Health Care Committee.
I responded that no situation had occurred where somebodys private information had been breached, he added in a letter of apology to the committees chairman, State Representative Mike Fisher. The letter was dated Sunday and made public Monday.
In a statement Monday, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) said he had been briefed on the security breach, which investigators said was neither intentional nor malicious. Shumlin criticized Larson for the misleading testimony.
I take this incident extremely seriously. It is unacceptable to be anything less than fully cooperative and transparent with Vermonters and their elected representatives in the Legislature. I am tremendously disappointed in Commissioner Larsons lapse of judgment in this matter, Shumlin said.
This incident was promptly identified and resolved, and I was disappointed to learn that Commissioner Larson did not adequately disclose the circumstances of it when asked about this topic in committee earlier this month.
Disappointed, but not surprised; after all, he's a Democrat.[/quote]
you say that last line as if you think there is a difference in the two . well new's flash . there all flesh and blood and once they get in there all the same
there main gole in life is feathering there own nest . where else can you serve
a term or two . and retire with millions and big pensions . look a Nixion you even payed him extra for being a crook . then look for any excuse to say what
a great president ? come on really , he was a paranoid at best
November 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard
Officials admitted late last week that Vermont Health Connect, the health exchange website that handles the States Obamacare enrollment, was breached by a user who was able to obtain private information about another applicant including that persons Social Security number.
According to The Associated Press, which reported on the security breach after learning the Health Connect websites privacy advocate had warned Federal Medicaid officials about the incident, the person who was able to breach the
sites security evidently wished only to demonstrate that the site wasnt robust
enough to trust with ones personal information.
The person whose information was improperly breached received a letter in the mail days after visiting the Health Connect website. Inside was a copy of the application for insurance coverage hed submitted while on the website, along with a handwritten message on the outside of the envelope: VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT IS NOT A SECURE WEBSITE! The same handwritten message also appeared on the back of one of the enclosed pages.
The incident was originally reported to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 17, but was confirmed after The AP requested and obtained a copy under Vermont public records law
The commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access told the news agency the incident was the product of unique circumstances and represented the only security breach the site had experienced.
The commissioner, David Larson, had testified on Nov. 5 on the sites general performance before the Vermont House Health Care Committee, assuring lawmakers at that time that no ones private information had been breached since the site went live.
After news of the incident began reverberating throughout the Internet over
the weekend, Larson wrote a letter apologizing for the lie to Committee
Chairman Mike Fisher
The State official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.
[I] should have instead also included in my response the facts of this single incident, and am sorry that my statements to the committee did not do so, Larson wrote
I was asked about whether any security failures had occurred in Vermont Health Connect, Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said of his testimony Nov. 5 to the Vermont House Health Care Committee.
I responded that no situation had occurred where somebodys private information had been breached, he added in a letter of apology to the committees chairman, State Representative Mike Fisher. The letter was dated Sunday and made public Monday.
In a statement Monday, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) said he had been briefed on the security breach, which investigators said was neither intentional nor malicious. Shumlin criticized Larson for the misleading testimony.
I take this incident extremely seriously. It is unacceptable to be anything less than fully cooperative and transparent with Vermonters and their elected representatives in the Legislature. I am tremendously disappointed in Commissioner Larsons lapse of judgment in this matter, Shumlin said.
This incident was promptly identified and resolved, and I was disappointed to learn that Commissioner Larson did not adequately disclose the circumstances of it when asked about this topic in committee earlier this month.
Disappointed, but not surprised; after all, he's a Democrat.[/quote]
you say that last line as if you think there is a difference in the two . well new's flash . there all flesh and blood and once they get in there all the same
there main gole in life is feathering there own nest . where else can you serve
a term or two . and retire with millions and big pensions . look a Nixion you even payed him extra for being a crook . then look for any excuse to say what
a great president ? come on really , he was a paranoid at best
Dec 1, 2013 01:42:53 #
Tom G wrote:
Booooring. Why don't you get a hobby, like maybe photgraphy.
Your pontificating (look it up) is Booooring.
Your pontificating (look it up) is Booooring.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Dec 3, 2013 08:26:26 #
[quote=Gitzo]Safe, Secure, Reliable: Thats Not Obamacare
November 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard
Officials admitted late last week that Vermont Health Connect, the health exchange website that handles the States Obamacare enrollment, was breached by a user who was able to obtain private information about another applicant including that persons Social Security number.
According to The Associated Press, which reported on the security breach after learning the Health Connect websites privacy advocate had warned Federal Medicaid officials about the incident, the person who was able to breach the sites security evidently wished only to demonstrate that the site wasnt robust enough to trust with ones personal information.
The person whose information was improperly breached received a letter in the mail days after visiting the Health Connect website. Inside was a copy of the application for insurance coverage hed submitted while on the website, along with a handwritten message on the outside of the envelope: VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT IS NOT A SECURE WEBSITE! The same handwritten message also appeared on the back of one of the enclosed pages.
The incident was originally reported to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 17, but was confirmed after The AP requested and obtained a copy under Vermont public records law.
The commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access told the news agency the incident was the product of unique circumstances and represented the only security breach the site had experienced.
The commissioner, David Larson, had testified on Nov. 5 on the sites general performance before the Vermont House Health Care Committee, assuring lawmakers at that time that no ones private information had been breached since the site went live.
After news of the incident began reverberating throughout the Internet over the weekend, Larson wrote a letter apologizing for the lie to Committee Chairman Mike Fisher.
The State official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.
[I] should have instead also included in my response the facts of this single incident, and am sorry that my statements to the committee did not do so, Larson wrote.
I was asked about whether any security failures had occurred in Vermont Health Connect, Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said of his testimony Nov. 5 to the Vermont House Health Care Committee.
I responded that no situation had occurred where somebodys private information had been breached, he added in a letter of apology to the committees chairman, State Representative Mike Fisher. The letter was dated Sunday and made public Monday.
In a statement Monday, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) said he had been briefed on the security breach, which investigators said was neither intentional nor malicious. Shumlin criticized Larson for the misleading testimony.
I take this incident extremely seriously. It is unacceptable to be anything less than fully cooperative and transparent with Vermonters and their elected representatives in the Legislature. I am tremendously disappointed in Commissioner Larsons lapse of judgment in this matter, Shumlin said.
This incident was promptly identified and resolved, and I was disappointed to learn that Commissioner Larson did not adequately disclose the circumstances of it when asked about this topic in committee earlier this month.
Disappointed, but not surprised; after all, he's a Democrat.[/quote]
November 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard
Officials admitted late last week that Vermont Health Connect, the health exchange website that handles the States Obamacare enrollment, was breached by a user who was able to obtain private information about another applicant including that persons Social Security number.
According to The Associated Press, which reported on the security breach after learning the Health Connect websites privacy advocate had warned Federal Medicaid officials about the incident, the person who was able to breach the sites security evidently wished only to demonstrate that the site wasnt robust enough to trust with ones personal information.
The person whose information was improperly breached received a letter in the mail days after visiting the Health Connect website. Inside was a copy of the application for insurance coverage hed submitted while on the website, along with a handwritten message on the outside of the envelope: VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT IS NOT A SECURE WEBSITE! The same handwritten message also appeared on the back of one of the enclosed pages.
The incident was originally reported to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Oct. 17, but was confirmed after The AP requested and obtained a copy under Vermont public records law.
The commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access told the news agency the incident was the product of unique circumstances and represented the only security breach the site had experienced.
The commissioner, David Larson, had testified on Nov. 5 on the sites general performance before the Vermont House Health Care Committee, assuring lawmakers at that time that no ones private information had been breached since the site went live.
After news of the incident began reverberating throughout the Internet over the weekend, Larson wrote a letter apologizing for the lie to Committee Chairman Mike Fisher.
The State official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.
[I] should have instead also included in my response the facts of this single incident, and am sorry that my statements to the committee did not do so, Larson wrote.
I was asked about whether any security failures had occurred in Vermont Health Connect, Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said of his testimony Nov. 5 to the Vermont House Health Care Committee.
I responded that no situation had occurred where somebodys private information had been breached, he added in a letter of apology to the committees chairman, State Representative Mike Fisher. The letter was dated Sunday and made public Monday.
In a statement Monday, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) said he had been briefed on the security breach, which investigators said was neither intentional nor malicious. Shumlin criticized Larson for the misleading testimony.
I take this incident extremely seriously. It is unacceptable to be anything less than fully cooperative and transparent with Vermonters and their elected representatives in the Legislature. I am tremendously disappointed in Commissioner Larsons lapse of judgment in this matter, Shumlin said.
This incident was promptly identified and resolved, and I was disappointed to learn that Commissioner Larson did not adequately disclose the circumstances of it when asked about this topic in committee earlier this month.
Disappointed, but not surprised; after all, he's a Democrat.[/quote]
Dec 3, 2013 10:59:36 #
Bram boy
Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
I don't understand your health policy at all . for as long as I can remmber
and I'm 72 , our pills are free . our operations are free , our stay at a hospital is free our cat scans are free . our doctor visited is free , my hearing ades are free , my dental is free up to $2500 a year . when I was working it was unlimited payed by my work . both my kid's had braces. $6000 each , all payed for . now that I'm retired I pay $20 a month for the same thing . when are you guys going to wake up
and I'm 72 , our pills are free . our operations are free , our stay at a hospital is free our cat scans are free . our doctor visited is free , my hearing ades are free , my dental is free up to $2500 a year . when I was working it was unlimited payed by my work . both my kid's had braces. $6000 each , all payed for . now that I'm retired I pay $20 a month for the same thing . when are you guys going to wake up
Dec 4, 2013 20:04:22 #
Bram boy wrote:
I don't understand your health policy at all . for as long as I can remmber
and I'm 72 , our pills are free . our operations are free , our stay at a hospital is free our cat scans are free . our doctor visited is free , my hearing ades are free , my dental is free up to $2500 a year . when I was working it was unlimited payed by my work . both my kid's had braces. $6000 each , all payed for . now that I'm retired I pay $20 a month for the same thing . when are you guys going to wake up
and I'm 72 , our pills are free . our operations are free , our stay at a hospital is free our cat scans are free . our doctor visited is free , my hearing ades are free , my dental is free up to $2500 a year . when I was working it was unlimited payed by my work . both my kid's had braces. $6000 each , all payed for . now that I'm retired I pay $20 a month for the same thing . when are you guys going to wake up
Never. We are going to move to Canada as soon as you get some warmer weather and some useable beaches.
After all we will have the best system in the world when obummy completes his communist-socialist-muslamist conversion.
Yes, You are way ahead of us in that regard. Good luck, eh.
Dec 4, 2013 21:37:36 #
Bram boy
Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
Jackinthebox wrote:
Never. We are going to move to Canada as soon as you get some warmer weather and some useable beaches.
After all we will have the best system in the world when obummy completes his communist-socialist-muslamist conversion.
Yes, You are way ahead of us in that regard. Good luck, eh.
After all we will have the best system in the world when obummy completes his communist-socialist-muslamist conversion.
Yes, You are way ahead of us in that regard. Good luck, eh.
you bet ? "eh"
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