United States Vice President Joe Biden has apologized for the unsuccessful launch of the Obamacare enrollment site, saying that President Barack Obama and him are not "technology geeks."
In an interview with HLN, Biden said that while he was not aware of the reasons for the flawed website, the administration is confident that it will be ready by the end of November and people will get plenty of time to register, Politico reports.
Biden said he thought that the site was up and ready to run, although he didn't try to get online himself.
Biden further added that he was told by the Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the platform is fine, but they have to change a lot of the inputs.
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