Top ObamaCare health official Marilyn Tavenner announces resignation

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Marilyn Tavenner will step down from her post as administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in February, agency officials confirmed to The Huffington Post on Friday.

Tavenner oversaw the Affordable Care Act rollout, the early stages of which were plagued with technical glitches.

"If I could rewind the clock, we would have had a smoother (HealthCare.gov) implementation last October," Tavenner told The Huffington Post. "(But), we were able to make progress. We're now seeing data out there, showing reduction of patient harm and increasing quality."

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Her acting replacement, Andrew Slavitt, was brought in to address HealthCare.gov's problems in 2014. Slavitt will still need Senate confirmation in order to become a permanent replacement for the post.

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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.