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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, talks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Long before it opened its doors to the public last fall, California's health insurance exchange awarded a small contract to a business consultant, Leesa Tori, for her advice on designing a program to sell insurance to small companies The industry veteran was a friend and former co-worker of Peter Lee, the exchange's top executive. The seemingly minor deal would mark the beginning of a lucrative and far-reaching partnership between the new state agency and the boutique consulting company Tori formed last year, just as national health care reform took root across the U.S. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, explains the problems encountered by people seeking health care coverage through the state’s exchange in an appearance in Fresno, Calif., Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Lee announced that he is hiring 400 employees, mostly in Fresno, with the aim of making it easier for people to sign up for health care. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announces that sign-ups have accelerated in November for health insurance during the first month of open enrollment during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)