Excerpted from The Hill: President Obama said Monday his administration was spearheading a “tech surge” to fix the problems plaguing the online ObamaCare insurance exchanges.

“We are doing everything we can possibly do to get the websites working better, faster, sooner,” the president said, adding that the White House had recruited the “best and brightest” from the private sector to help tackle the technical problems.

“No one is madder than me that the website isn’t working as it should — which means it’s going to get fixed,” Obama declared.

The president’s reassurances come at a critical time for the president’s signature program. Fear is growing among the administration and Democratic allies that a steady beat of stories detailing problems with the website could lead many Americans to just give up on trying to secure coverage, undermining the potential of the healthcare reform law.

Obama on Monday admitted that the website’s rocky rollout “makes supporters nervous” because it provides fuel to Republican criticism that the expansive program was too unwieldy. He said there was “no sugarcoating” how bad initial impressions of the website had been, and said there was “no excuse” for the “kinks” that remained.

Facing that challenge, Obama adopted the role of pitchman, insisting that the insurance available under the program was worth fighting through a sign-up process that “hasn’t worked as smoothly as it’s supposed to work.”

“The product, the health insurance, is good. The prices are good. It is a good deal. People don’t just want it, they’re showing up to buy it,” Obama said.

Insisting that the Affordable Care Act was “much more” than “just a website,” Obama rattled off examples of Americans saving money on insurance plans that offered greater coverage. He said the consumer protections and benefits at the core of the program were good enough that Americans should remain patient.

“The point is, the essence of the law, the health insurance that is available to people, is working just fine,” Obama argued. Keep reading

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