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You guys do and republican and democratic governors alike got to balance their budgets. they got to run the schools. they cant run up massive debt. they cant push off the issues. you talked about being for something instead of just being against something. you caught my attention a couple of weeks ago when you came out and you thought -- you said it was a bad idea to shut down the federal government over obamacare. >> right. >> why? >> i have real problems with obviously obamacare and i laid it ...

Health care for more americans. these enrollment numbers, before the dead line for the month of december, i believe, are very impressive. were now closing in on 2 million people who are going to be affected by this law. what does this mean? deadlines are good, people have responded to it. what do you have to do to -- in the new year to keep these numbers coming? i mean, enrollment in the health care exchange is surging. whats your reaction to these new numbers? >> well, now were actually on trac...

Anything, you dont have it and they want the government to float you. who will make up the difference? that is our tax making up the difference. >> we have learned that younger people and healthier people arent signing up for the. changes. we know this from the 14 state exchanges releasing information. the feds arent. that makes it imbalanced and the insurance companies could lose money on the exchanges. if that happens, there is a reinsurance fund that would pump in $25 billion of taxpayer moni...

They signed up for? their enrollment will be tested for the first time with their doctors visits. long call times cancellation notices. people are still in the dark whether or not their insurance is going to work. meanwhile the administration says the deadline for obamacare enrollment prompted an influx in traffic to healthcare.gov and state exchanges. >> they will know if somebody in their family gets sick, they will be able to go see a doctor and have access to quality healthcare coverage that...

Dont worry. you might still be able to get coverage starting january 1st. officials say those people who ran into trouble online can file appeals. visitors to healthcare.gov will notice this message urging them to contact the marketplace call center. officials say if you simply miss the deadline you can still sign up but have to wait another month for your coverage kick in. this comes after the administration moved the deadline twice after the rollout in october, and on top of that, several stat...

Hi dou doug, what is happening the state exchanges right now? >> there is no better than the state that we are standing in right now. dont let this fool you. take for example, carole andrews, she was forced, to resign on december 6th, after the botched health care roll out here. hawaii health connecter received $200 million to set up the exchange. the website cost $53 million. the contractor, cgi the same one that set up the federal exchange. the state senate fpresident waed them not to use cgi.

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

Takes a few days to come through the exchanges and make their way over to the insurance companies themselves and of course, its a holiday week so that could be a little bit delayed. that same source, though, said the shift from monday, december 23rd to the new deadline earlier this week of midnight on christmas eve isnt likely to have made a big impact on the number of applications they see coming in. i should tell you that administration officials have said as recently as last week that they ex...

Been talking about the big traffic on healthcare.gov, well, state exchanges saw big jumps in numbers. i want to share a few of them. connecticut had more than double the enrollment on monday. 6700 people signed up. colorado had a record day. california. 103,000 people enrolled between friday and monday through cover california. so just a few of the constituents were getting from the states. >> proof that we journalists are not the only ones who work best under deadlines, thank you, athena. 100...

The birth of christ and live out what he taught us, to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, to feed the hungry and look after the sick, to be our brothers keeper and our sisters keeper. athena jones is traveling with the president. she joins us live from honolulu. good morning, athena. >> reporter: good morning. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. there is a bit of good news for president obama this christmas day. lots of people are signing up for obamacare, more than ever, but i dont k...