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Of the plan suddenly are finding themselves in the hot seat for things that, you know, have to do with technology problems that were managed out of the federal bureaucracy far from their day to day lives and their offices. >> its not just that, not just the technology. we are talking also about individuals who are losing their health plan despite president obamas -- i think we moved on from the website in some ways. >> but they intersect in such a damaging way because youve got these people whos...

The president would not agree to that. but the question is will he agree to shorter delays. bill: you were reporting some of them asked for the entire law to be delayed in implementation for one year? >> reporter: it seems highly unlikely the president will agree to a one-year delay. the white house rejected that again and again. the president was in texas. the law is going to work out. take a listen. >> we are working overtime to get this fixed. the website is better than it was. by the end of ...

During this mornings senate finance hearing with kathleen sebelius. sebelius being grilled about the rollout and implementation of the obama care rollout. we continue to monitor it for you. that brings us to our question of the day. we asked, you answered. do you think republicans will learn from new jersey governor chris christies example? eric says, no, they are under threat of the tea party. mike writing, you mean, pretending something something youre really not in order to get re-elected? th...

You sincerely think that its going to work in the long run. i want you to hold those accountable and i want to talk about not being responsible and producing a product that all this could be proud of. thank you, mr. chairman. >> madame secretary, i want to remind everyone again how we got here today. over a year ago the requested information on the rollout of the exchanges and said we only received assurances that everything will go smoothly. in march we started hearing from people directly invo...

The implementation of the so-called affordable care act has been an absolute debacle. you admitted last week when you testified saying hold me accountable for the debacle. im responsible. end quote. quiequote.while im glad you arg responsibilities. i would have preferred that you and the administration would have been honest with us. you had to have several indications before october 1 that there were problems with the website and the exchanges. its inexcusable that this exit he wasnt told earli...

From the administrations point of view you have until the end of march to do it. so it is not as if there is any tremendous pressure on the moment other than awful rollout and public embarassment and what you see kathleen sebelius going through this morning. their point is, you know what? there will be four months for people to shop around. if you look at the model in mass pass, there was very low level of enrollment in the first month of massachusetts as well. that is all excuse-making from my ...

Misspoke? >> he was referring of the implementation of the law through the process -- >> the president acknowledged the pledge he made over and over again, if you like your plan you can keep it. does he now acknowledge that was a mistake? >> the president -- >> just a yes or no, do you know whether or not -- >> well, it is a little more complicated. >> so if the president could go back he would use the same words again? >> well, the president. as awesomely powerful as the office is, cant go back...

Users are receiving far fewer error messages and time-outs. and were now able to process nearly 17,000 registrants per hour with almost no errors. weve made more than a dozen additional fixes this weekend, correcting information provided to insurers that allow applications to be processed. and consumers to complete their payments, improving the save and continue function and upgrading hardware so the system can handle more users with great stability. last night we installed more upgrades, focusi...

The debate on energy and politics has turned over to the implementation of the presidents health care law. and you see the millions of people who are now being kicked off of their insurance. you see the presidents misrepresenting statements that have come out on this. i think that you see the presidents numbers now are pushing into the 30s. he has a major credibility problem on his hands. he has a major political problem on his hands. the country is profoundly unhappy with politics across the bo...

Things. do you think that given the problems were having with the website, the problems with implementation, that it is legitimate to say that some modification has to be made, because the schedule is simply not going to be met. >> look, over a period of time its always good to improve. while i voted for the affordable care act, let me be very clear. from the beginning i had disagreements with it. single payer medicare. i believe that the united states should joint the rest of the industrialized...