HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius to resign after rocky healthcare rollout

WASHINGTON, DC (RNN) - After a rocky rollout of the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning, according to the Associated Press and other media outlets.

The announcement comes a week and a half after the deadline to enroll for healthcare on the troubled Healthcare.gov website.

The crippled website was the victim to several failures and crashes for consumers who wanted to sign up for the signature legislation of President Barack Obama's administration.

The New York Times reports Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, will be nominated by the president as her replacement.

The resignation was Sebelius' decision and she was not forced out, according to the Times.

Despite the rollout, the Obama administration reached its enrollment goal by the March 31 deadline, with more than seven million Americans signing up.

Sebelius testified at a House hearing in mid-March that the administration would not delay the firm March 31 deadline it had set for enrollment. Days before that date, however, it was announced people would be allowed to enroll beyond that deadline if they tried previously to sign up but were hindered by the website's issues.

She also testified before Congress multiple times in relation to the botched launch of the healthcare exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act.

The website debuted October 1.

Shortly following the troubled healthcare website, Sebelius admitted the website's flaws as major problems on CNN, and admitted both she and the president were frustrated with the rough start.

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