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Welcome to a Gabfest Extra examining what went wrong with Obamacare’s healthcare.gov website, and the prospects for fixing it anytime soon. John Dickerson talks with David Auerbach, a software engineer and Slate contributor who’s been following the debacle closely.

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Podcast production by Mike Vuolo and Andy Bowers.