Meme...? What meme...? These are numbers that have been reported in the press as fact...That's all I've conveyed to the discussion. Any conspiracy by me to propagate "memes" is in your head.

As for $53 million not equal to $634 million...The $53 million figure reported in the CBS DC report was just what HAWAII contracted to pay CGI for its STATE exchange website over 4 years. Whether that $53 million figure is in addition to or included in the $634 million figure for the national exchange implementation is not made clear in any article I've read.