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November 30th, only 44 people have sign up on their state exchange because the site isnt even working. so, the problems arent just the federal exchange. its the state exchanges as well. were seeing problems all over the place. >> youre painting a picture of chaos, realistic picture. jamie, thank you very much indeed, sir. >> thank you. >> the headache just keeps on coming for obamacare and republicans are still pushing alternatives. did the president get the memo? >> they have better ideas? i to...

"fixed." the reality is the website has been fixed to the extent it creates user experience for the consumer that seems remarkably lifelike. but we dont actually know if it is truly working. we know now according to this one estimate that 15,000 federal exchanges have basically put their applications through obamacare into a bottle, thrown out in the ocean and has never reached the other side. the idea somehow the state exchanges are going great is overhyped as well. i have a lot of similar prob...

And every moment taking the temperature, not sure you are going to get the exact right number. i think the important thing is we need a big push. i think we are anticipating a big push now that the exchange, the federal exchange is, working well. we should see uptick in state exchanges as well. once there is a lot more publicity. and, you know, as i have said right from the start. the real number is the number that we are going to see on april 1s, 2014. >> zeke, that is a very important point. t...

Problems. i know that theyre working very carefully and closely with the insurance companies to make sure the people that signed up are on the insurance company rolls. you are right, the actual, you know what you need to do is pay that first month premium. and people who signed up, and still havent paid that first month premium are not guaranteed coverage on january 1. again i know theyre going back to them and trying to make sure it is not a mistake. and trying to get them to complete the trans...

Writers block. ♪ hey, do you know about the usa ♪ ♪ can you tell me about the constitution ♪ >> right winger redefines the constitution. >> if by religion, if we dont understand the word religion to mean christianity as the founders intended it, we have no way to stop islam. we have no way to stop satanism. >> and todays top trender, ill-advised. >> you said you were not opposed to state based exchanges. >> now hes saying state exchanges are not all that bad. >> what do you mean? >> ron ...

Released new numbers showing signups increased substantially last month. almost 260,000 people signed up in november on both federal and state exchanges. thats more than double octobers enrollment. however, the two-month total is far less than the 1.2 million they originally predicted by november. the new numbers were unveiled as kathleen sebelius appeared at another congressional hearing. she faced more tough questions from republicans. >> but youre telling us that those who shop are enrolled. ...

Take a look at the break down. that is october and november of medicaid eligible, 803000 and then the november enrollment 258,000 and then you see the federal and state exchanges. the red are the states running their own exchanges. the blue are the federal-run exchanges. the highest enrolled states are the ones running the exchanges themselves. there are only 110,000 from the federal exchanges. and those are 36 states that the federal government is running. so at this rate, it is going to be tou...

That is the final day people can sign up for health care coverage and have their coverage begin, if they dont have it now, on january 1st. so you got to do it by the 23rd of this month. but the ongoing problems with the federal website and getting customer information to insurers could mean that some people who think they are going to get covered, may not be. and as it turns out issues with people trying to sign up or extending to certain state exchanges now too. those had been working separate ...

Controversial hires. the kelly file starts now. >> who was that? we are going to mutt el through another night tonight. breaking this evening the administration has just been forced to confirm what we reported to you a couple of days ago. tens of thousands of americans who think they have health insurance under obamacare may discover on january 1st that they do not. they are refusing to release the stats on the problems plaguing healthcare.gov the administration announced under pressure from the...

Lack of promotion, not the botched rollout that is to blame for low enrollment. >> no one has launched a big pr campaign to get these people signed up because of the problems with the federal website. we are about to launch a big pr campaign and that, i think, is going to persuade a lot of people to sign up. >> the white house may not have started its latest pr campaign but state exchanges are certainly looking to attract younger demos using racy ads like this one with internet means like this o...