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The law? >> it signals a problem for the website, definitely. we know that a lot of people are trying to buy insurance. they couldnt get through the purchase process and there are a lot of medicaid enrollees. a lot are coming in through different entryways. we saw that the state exchanges vastly outperformed the federal governments marketplace, healthcare.gov. 79,000 of those 106,000 people came in through the marketplaces. just about a quarter of all enrollees were coming in through the website...

Sebelius told reporters since october 1, 106,185 people have enrolled. 79,000 enrolled through state exchanges. and about 27,000 enrolled through that federal exchange. that has the had so many problems. that is about 21% of what the obama administration had expected to enroll before the exchanges were open. another 975,407 people have completed applications for insurance but have not yet made the purchase. many of those people are shopping for family plans. and the administration estimates that...

Affordable care act until the end of 2014. >> it appears more americans have lot of their insurance than have signed up for it. with close to 850,000 applications completed, 106,000 people selected insurance plans between october 1st and november 2nd. that includes over 79,000 enrolled in a state-based exchanging for 75% of all the sign ups. more than 26,000 people are getting coverage through the federal program that breaks down to just 1% of the estimated 48 million americans without health in...

Operation, about 79,000 people enrolled through the state exchanges and about 26,000 through the governments what we call a mess of a web site, healthcare.gov still a mess. far lower than the half million the obama administration was expecting. difficulties with the site and the controversy over president obamas pledge that americans could keep existing policies really came to a head today. key democratic lawmakers signed onto plans to alter the law. others had whats being described as a turbule...

To form it appears this is little more than a political response designed to shift blame rather than solve the problem. meanwhile, the president due to arrive in cleveland, ohio, in the next hour. his chief of staff dennis mcdonough is on capitol hill meeting with house and senate democrats. the visit and the presidents announcement comes after a tense meeting between the president and house democrats, which has "the new york times" putting it this way. several lawmakers saying that the presiden...

About here. we are seeing pockets of hope and improvement. there are more organized effort to recover bodies, to recover the dead and get them off the streets. but first i want to go to wolf blitzer in washington with the latest domestic news. wolf? >> anderson, thanks very much. well get back to you shortly. there is breaking news were following here. this was the moment critics of the affordable care act had been predicting, supporters of it had been dreading. the obama administration now rele...

From blue cross/blue shield of north dakota. i have absolutely no complaints. insurance is good. we pay $1,100 a month between the both of us for our premiums. its kind of high but we can afford it. both of our insurance policies total that. now id much rather pay that than have to deal with $179,000 bill with no backup. now under obama care, someone with low income could enroll in medicaid or qualify for subsidies. under obama care, low income wage earners wouldnt be stuck with a massive bill l...

Waiting for. now releasing enrollment numbers for the first month of the operation. 79,000 people enrolled for the state exchanges and 26,000 through the governments when we call a mess of a website, healthcare.gov, still a mess. thats far lower than the half million the obama administration was expecting. difficulties with the site and controversy with the pledge americans could keep existing policies came to a head today. key democratic lawmakers signed up to alter the law. others had whats be...

Perpetrate a denial of service attack against healthcare.gov site that has been unsuccessful. >> reporter: the administrations tech officials did not want to predict how much money it will take to fix a website that has already cost taxpayers $600 million. chief national correspondent jim angle has been following this story from the very beginning. he joins me now. good evening, jim. >> reporter: good evening, bret. >> its been an interesting ride here. these numbers, as we dig down in them, w...

>> i promise you that no one will be satisfied with the numbers because they will be below what we saw prior to the launch. and while it is fully expected and was fully expected that enrollment would be low. >> i should point out that jay spoke before the numbers were actually released. officials here continue to say the web site will improve. they say it will be working well, though not necessarily perfectly for the vast majority of people by the end of the month, shepard. >> you know, one of t...