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Through a large amount of troubleshooting, bringing in new contractors, and increased management, the website could handle 35,000 concurrent users at a time by December 1 and a total of 1.2 million customers signed up for a healthcare plan by 28 December, when the open enrollment period officially ended.[https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/the-failed-launch-of-www-healthcare-gov/ source]

The 'maverick Silicon Valley types' referred to is the start up Marketplace Lite.  For a more in-depth story on their work on Healthcare.gov see the following link [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/the-secret-startup-saved-healthcare-gov-the-worst-website-in-america/397784/ source].

James Bradford "Brad" DeLong is an economic historian who is professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. DeLong served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration under Lawrence Summers.

[https://delong.typepad.com blog]  

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Bradford_DeLong wiki]

The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994, and superseded the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement wiki]