Obamacare website: 6 biggest contractors

It cost the federal government more than $300 million for outside contractors to set up the Obamacare website that has had so much trouble in its first three weeks of operation. Most of that money has gone to six prime contractors that together have received more than $200 million in taxpayer funds, with the biggest single contractor receiving $88 million. Overall, the government has spent $394 million setting up the website and the exchanges through which the public can buy health insurance. While not all the money went into the troubled websites, most of it did.

1. The largest contractor is CGI Federal, the U.S. unit of a Canadian firm CGI Group. It received $88 million through last March 31. Its original $93.7 million contract runs through December, with three one-year option periods still possible.
2. Quality Software Services Inc. received $55.1 million to set up the data hub.
3. National Government Services Inc. a unit of WellPoint, received $31.6 million for a consumer call center and providing premium aggregations.
4. The MITRE Corp received $22 million for project management and information technology security.
5. Genova Technology received $16 million for information technology
6. Terremark Federal Group, a unit of Verizon, received $15.5 million for cloud computing services.