U.S. agency says working on plan for people hit by Obamacare rollout

By David Morgan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration, beset by criticism over the botched opening of its new healthcare insurance website, says it is working on a plan to appease hundreds of thousands of people whose coverage has been canceled and millions of others unable to enroll. While much of the criticism has come from Republicans, on Tuesday the head of the agency in charge of implementing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law also came under fire at a congressional hearing from a leading Democratic senator, who said public confidence had been undermined by the flawed launch of the HealthCare.gov website. "There's been fear, doubt and a crisis of confidence," said Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat. "What I worry about is that there's such a crisis of confidence that people won't enroll." Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told a Senate oversight hearing, "We are working on a plan.

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