White House Says Obama's Chief Of Staff, Other Officials Meeting With Health Insurance Chief Executives

By Jared A. Favole

WASHINGTON--Chief executives from more than a dozen health-insurance companies are meeting with some of President Barack Obama's top advisers to talk about problems dogging the administration's online health-insurance marketplace, the White House said Wednesday.

The meeting, which was scheduled to begin 2 p.m., comes as the administration continues to face criticism about the widespread difficulty with the website and tries to bring in outside expertise to solve the problems.

"The purpose of the meeting is to continue to discuss open enrollment and ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act," said Mr. Obama's chief spokesman, Jay Carney. "The CEOs bring an important on-the-ground perspective."

The meeting includes the chief executives of WellPoint Inc., Kaiser Permanente, Aetna Inc., CareFirst Inc. and others.

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other administration officials are supposed to attend the meeting, Mr. Carney said.

Here's the list of attendees released by the White House:

Mark Bertolini, CEO, Aetna

Bruce Broussard, CEO, Humana

Chet Burrell, CEO, CareFirst

Patrick Geraghty, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

Jay Gellert, President & CEO, Health Net, Inc.

Patricia Hemingway Hall, President & CEO, Health Care Services Corporation

Daniel J. Hilferty, President & CEO, Independence Blue Cross

Karen Ignagni, President & CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans

John Molina, Chief Financial Officer, Molina Healthcare

Michael Neidorff, Chairman & CEO, Centene Corp.

James Roosevelt, President & CEO, Tufts Health Plan

Scott Serota, President & CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Joseph Swedish, CEO, Wellpoint

Bernard Tyson, CEO, Kaiser Permanente

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