Fire Kathleen Sebelius and Anyone Not Up to the Task in the Cabinet

The Affordable Care Act was to be President Obama’s signature achievement. It has since turned into his singular political albatross. We’ll leave the prevarications the president told for a different time. Here, it is inconceivable that the Health and Human Services secretary had three and a half years to be ready for Americans to reliably review and enroll in health plans of their choosing. Sebelius either knew the website was ready for prime-time or she didn’t. Neither choice is comforting and she needs to tender her resignation.

If the secretary was aware there would be significant trouble with the website prior to the Oct. 1 deadline, it was her obligation to warn the president of the ramifications for the American people. There is no public indication Sebelius did so—in fact, there is only one meeting on record between the president and the one Cabinet official charged with the implementation of Obamacare. This is frightening in and of itself.

On the other hand, if Sebelius was unaware that the HHS Web portal couldn’t reliably process sensitive consumer information, she needs to be sacked. What has she been doing all of these years? A new leader is required in the new year to dig out from the rubble of the Obamacare disaster.