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Rollout and state exchanges. >> take hawii, this island paradise has seen a lot of trouble when it comes to the rollout of the exchange. carol andrews who is the director had to stepdown after the failed rolled out. they received $2 million to set it up. website was $53 million. cgi was the contractor. and they were said not to hirethem because they botched a website. only 257 people have coverage from the exchange. oregons story is similar. a lot of people that signed up

Health care exchange has been a real embarrassment for hawaii governor neil abercrombie, and its also been the career ender for the director of the health care exchange. carol andrews is her name, shes the head of the hawaii health care connector. some say she was forced to step down on december 6th after the botched rollout of the campaign. hawaii health connector received $200 million in federal funding to set up the exchange, the web site itself cost $53 million. by the way, the contractor? c...

The botched roll out hurt the democratic governors approval rates. many primaries dont like the way hes doing his job. out of a job is andrews t executive director of the state run exchange. after 257 people signed up for health care a month after the roll out. hawaiis website contract was a warded to the same firm cgi that blew the national roll out. cgi won the contract after the president warned the cgi botched the tax website costing hawaii $50 million to fix. hawaii is not alone. oregons we...

And when it was gone, it was gone. so now all she has is social security. >> wow. she has outlived it by six years already. >> yes, already. >> does she have any savings at all? >> as far as a savings account, its just about depleted. >> yeah. you have to basically live on -- is that all paid for by social security? >> what? >> like everything you have to pay for. >> mostly. >> and how much do you get a month on social security? >> $1300 after everything is taken out of it. >> so thats after the...

>> yes, already. >> does she have any savings at all? >> as far as a savings account, its just about depleted. >> yeah. you have to basically live on -- is that all paid for by social security? >> what? >> like everything you have to pay for. >> mostly. >> and how much do you get a month on social security? >> $1,300 after everything is taken out of it. >> so thats after they take out medicare. >> they take out $97 for -- i guess thats medicare part. and then -- and i pay blue cross $257 a month...

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And when it was gone, it was gone. so now all she has is social security. >> wow. she has outlived it by six years already. >> yes, already. >> does she have any savings at all? >> as far as a savings account, its just about depleted. >> yeah. you have to basically live on -- is that all paid for by social security? >> what? >> like everything you have to pay for. >> mostly. >> and how much do you get a month on social security? >> $1300 after everything is taken out of it. >> so thats after the...

$257 a month. >> what are your other expenses? what things do you have to pay for every month? >> i have nine different bills. my garbage. thats $18 a month. my gas bill is all budget and $94. my electric bill last month was $139. my cable is 68.53 and my phone was 52.79 and my water is $68.82 a month. >> once you get your social security check plus your bills, that money is gone. >> yeah. >> no matter where you live, aging is an expensive proposition but more and more frequently parents are hav...

>> right. >> for 20 years. well, mother has outlived it. and when it was gone, it was gone. so now all she has is social security. >> wow. she has outlived it by six years already. >> yes, already. >> does she have any savings at all? >> as far as a savings account, its just about depleted. >> yeah. you have to basically live on -- is that all paid for by social security? >> what? >> like everything you have to pay for. >> mostly. >> and how much do you get a month on social security? >> $1300 a...