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And its built using 1990s coding language so you get all kinds of error messages, crashes, freezes and so forth. >> how could that be? this is a country that gave us google and amazon and apple and the government cannot create a functioning consumer oriented website? >> well, a lot of this is deliberate political choices. for example, the health and human services department didnt want people to see what the total cost of the plans would be. they only wanted them to see the cost less subsidies, ...

Shutdown. people are beginning to focus, are they straightening it out? >> reporter: they say they are making progress. they say they are making progress reducing the wait time. the volumes have dropped dramatically. this is a big series of problems. its not one. every expert i talked to said they have significant coding issues, software issues. im not a computer programmer myself but they didnt design it in a user friendly manner or a manner most retail websites you use every day can handle thi...

Just how problematic this rollout has been and one of the big concerns is whether or not people will lose confidence and not go back to the site. but at the same time i know from talking to former colleagues and the administration that, you know, its all hands on deck and every tool that they can use to get it right. new software, hardware, expertise to try and get the coding and everything rebuilt and redone. >> so the people that built the most technologically savvy campaign, thats the part th...

I failed again. >> couldnt make this page work -- >> and again. and again. not working. when i called the 1-800 number for help, the reps tell me volume is high and to try again during off-peak hours. so i tried at 10:30 at night, 7:00 in the morning, and still it didnt work. so finally, i set my alarm clock for 3:00 a.m. sunday morning. but guess what? the system was down for maintenance. im not the only one having trouble. on facebook, people took to the health care.gov page to vent by the tho...

And try again at offpeak hours. i tried at 7:30 at night, 7:00 in the morning. still it didnt work. so, finally, i set my alarm clock for 3:00 a.m. sunday morning. guess what, the system was down for maintenance. im not the only one having trouble. on facebook, people took to the health care.gov page to vent by the thousands and on cnns i-report. >> i tried it hundreds of times, literally hundreds of times since october the 1st. >> reporter: the analyst says the problems go beyond higher volume ...

Go way beyond high volume and minor glitches. they say the site fails to follow even basic protocols in its coding. there is always the old-fashioned option of enrolling over the phone and using snail mail and you do have time, to be insured by january 1st you just have to complete the process by december 15th. >> elizabeth cohen is joining us now live. i take it you are seeing a little light at the end of the tunnel. whats the latest? >> yes, i am pleased to say that this morning, i tried to lo...

Peak hours so i tried again at 10:30 at night, 8:00 in the morning and still it didnt work. so finally i set my alarm clock for 3:00 p.m. sunday morning. but guess what, the system was down for maintenance. im not the only one having trouble. on facebook, people took to the healthcare.gov page to vent by the thousands. ob cnns ireport. >> ive trieded hundreds of times since october first. >> independent analysts tell cnn the problems go way beyond high volume and minor glitches. they say the sit...

You it was pretty sloppy. there were still test code in there. there was a number of times the website would have to go back and hit the serve her and come back with too much information. it was just inefficient. >> ill let other people speak to the efficiency of coding. here is what i know. prior to october 1st, someone who was uninsured on the individual market wanted to buy insurance, usually, it was a mailed-in application with about 30 pages, seven pages of underwriting only to find out two...

Through. >> one. from 260 attempts. >> in online discussion groups computer experts talk about major coding and software problems that could take weeks or months to fix. its tough to have a worst launch of a nationwide launch. >> everybody was shocked who has been watching this from the inside at how bad it is and how bad the computer programming and software and code and architecture is. >> while the federal website has struggle told truth is the states offering their own exchanges have had muc...

24 hours or more to solve a problem. >> you are doing this in miami october 11 and the winner gets a 5000-dollar prize after coding for 24 hours straight? >> yes, they make a goal without certain with a certain amount of time to find something thats a very creative solution. >> what makes you so certain that technology has solutions in this? >> is already working right now. we can see a lot of successful education popping up. john: is an online academy who once tutored his young cousin with math...