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US: I see your £4.1M and raise you $2.1B [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HealthCare.gov#:~:text=estimat...



To be fair. Healthcare.gov is a lot more complicated. And has to integrate with marketplaces in all 50 states


Magnitude is also important. If you overpay by 100% on a stick of gum that's bad deal but I likely to have any large consequences for you. But if you overpay for your house by 100% you're probably in a world of pain


CGI is a terrible company known for going over budget and under delivering on a ton of projects. Not that many companies bidding on large government contracts unfortunately


I worked there for 3 years as a graduate and I can absolutely agree with this comment, the guilt of knowing my project (which was a failure from start to finish) was funded by taxpayer money drove me away from the company and made me swear to never work at another big consultancy again.




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