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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/11/67-Dems-Vote-for-Bill-Requiring-Americans-to-Be-Notified-After-Obamacare-Security-Breaches

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On Friday, 67 House Democrats broke with President Barack Obama and backed a bill that would require Americans to be notified immediately if a security breach on the Obamacare website is discovered.

According to The Hill, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act (H.R. 3811) passed 291-122.

The bill is only one sentence and says that no later than two business days after a breach is found on HealthCare.gov or any other Obamacare website, "the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide notice of such breach to each individual."

Even though the government is not required to notify Americans under current law if there are security breaches, the White House alleged that "the government already has plans to tell people if their information has been compromised."

Republicans were not buying the White House's pledge.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Rep. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA.) said the bill is essential because even those who worked on the website have conceded that it was not thoroughly tested to ensure that the most sensitive information of Americans was not put at risk. 

"The truth is that actual interviews and depositions taken of the highest-rank


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Re: 67 House Dems Back Requiring ObamaCare Security Breach Notifications
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2014, 07:04:38 pm »
This is so sad.  They will actually notify people when their info has been breached.  How ______ of them! They probably think this will save them in the midterms  :silly:
"The Tea Party has a right to feel cheated.

When does the Republican Party, put in the majority by the Tea Party, plan to honor its commitment to halt the growth of the Federal monolith and bring the budget back into balance"?

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Re: 67 House Dems Back Requiring ObamaCare Security Breach Notifications
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2014, 08:12:33 pm »
This is so sad.  They will actually notify people when their info has been breached.  How ______ of them! They probably think this will save them in the midterms  :silly:

By the time people are notified, the hackers will have spent thousands on their credit cards.