Duffy Introduces the BROWSE Act

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted on legislation this week that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly notify individuals if their personal information is at risk due to a security breach of the Obamacare exchange system. To minimize the amount of information that could be at risk, U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-07) introduced a bill that would alter the healthcare.gov website to work in the same manner as most other websites.

Upon introduction of H.R. 3835, The BROWSE Act, he spoke about his legislation on the Floor of the House of Representatives:

"The President came out to the American people and said healthcare.gov was going to work like Amazon and Kayak. Websites where consumers are able to go and shop for products, and if they find a product that they like, then and only then do they have to put in their personal information. But healthcare.gov doesn't work that way.

"Before Americans can shop for products on healthcare.gov, they have to put in all of their information, such as their address, date of birth and social security into a website that is not secure.

"I'm introducing the BROWSE Act to make sure that Americans have an opportunity to search the website, look at products, and only enter their personal information once they have found a product that they like.

The full video of his remarks can be viewed here.

Prior to introducing the Bill, Rep. Duffy posted a video for his Facebook and Twitter followers where he restated his opposition to Obamacare, "I don't agree with this law. I am working to reform it, repeal it and replace it. But until that time comes, I want to make sure [the website] works well for the American people."

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