Rebecca Pearce, Maryland’s health insurance exchange director, resigned on Friday after ongoing technical issues and criticism surrounding a recent Caribbean vacation she took while the state health secretary was being questioned by lawmakers about ongoing problems with the system.
Pearce was hired two years ago to create the exchange and her resignation comes as officials are trying to fix the system which has had low enrollment numbers since it was launched on October 1.
Public policy professor and chair Donald Norris was interviewed by The Baltimore Sun about Pearce’s resignation and decision to take the vacation amid the ongoing problems.
“That’s pretty bad timing,” Norris said. “If you are responsible for something that is failing, you don’t bail out on it until you fix it.”
You can read the full article in The Baltimore Sun here.
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