Lawmakers are clashing over why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services started off with public exchange plan price data behind a HealthCare.gov log-in wall.

The Obama administration is appealing to its allies in Congress, on Wall Street and across the country to stick with President Barack Obama's health care law even as embarrassing problems with the flagship website continue to mount.

Carriers are especially embracing the private exchange model.

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