>To start,
Healthcare.gov wasn’t built by the elite team that built Obama’s campaign tech. The main $93.7 million contract to build the exchange
was awarded to CGI Federal Inc., a subsidiary of the behemoth Canadian firm CGI Group. As is common with large contracts, CGI subcontracted with other megafirms for different aspects of the site. User authentication and identity is being handled by Experian. The "federal data services hub" was built by Quality Software Services, Inc. (QSSI was also accused of having a
conflict of interest after it was bought by UnitedHealth Group.)
The Department of Health and Human Services declined to provide a full list of the contractors, citing shortages in the press office due to the
government shutdown. The total number of companies looks to be between 12 and 15, says Alex Howard, a fellow at the Harvard Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation who has been closely following the
Healthcare.gov launch.