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So i do think that there were some subtle impacts. jack lew talked about that as well. he said thats still being studied, that we dont know what all -- or we dont have a complete picture just yet of the entire impact on the economy. certainly this month-to-month crisis situation that seems to exist here in washington is something thats not helping to restore economic confidence in an environment in which the economy is still struggling to get back on its feet. alex? >> okay. kristen, thank you s...

Going to be very expensive. bill: the other thing we talked about is the sticker shock many people have reported. this is the news journal in wilmington, delaware. one woman in the state has now enrolled? >> one. bill: and she -- they want 90,000 in delaware alone? thats what their expectation is? >> see, this is the problem, you know, these expectations are sky high, theyre not coming in where people want. this woman is being charged $700 a month for her coverage, thats what her premium is unde...

Veterans as political pawns in this medical game. >> by the way, we have breaking news, the senate has now adjourned until tomorrow at noon. there was some thought that harry reid might get the cloture passed tonight, he did not. probably past his bedtime. jobs have been lost, part-time jobs are increasing. the train wreck in terms of the inability to people to actually get on the website, nothing short of a disaster, $624 billion disaster. million, with an m, sorry. and most americans are again...

New york. wrouv rr been taking a closer look at this. how secure are these health insurance websites out there right now? >> this is something critics are going to be watching. before the exchanges went live, there was a report of a data breach with utahs data breach. that helped utah see the flaws and fix them in time. firstly, the health exchanges dont actually store sensitive information. it does collect private data, but its transferred to a data cub. a courier between the fralsh exchanges. ...

Others block all international traffic. there are mechanisms in place so thats important to remember. we did speak to a health security expert. she says that even though there are security measures in place, state exchanges might be more of a ripe target for hackers than a federal exchange. heres why? >> they havent had as many resources to set these things up. theres not a lot of transparency about their privacy policies and the thing about skeert is you cant tell everybody what you have done t...

Larger quantity on the federal level but in a lot of states, oregons health care system is going pretty well. that was all designed in the state. the washington state system has signed up 10,000 people the "seattle times" reported this morning. a number of these actual in the states, when they get to design the system for a smaller volume, well, theyre able to do it. >> federalism at work, state exchanges working better than the federal government. thats exactly what -- >> its the law of the lan...

Care cons, which people should be looking out for. >> this is the nature of the beast. when you have confusion, confusion is really a con artists best friend. i want to go through the top ones. number one, watch out for fake health insurance sites. these are basically sites that look like exchanges. they have the appearance of state exchanges but theyre not real. theyre only out to get your data. you might type a website into your browser. you misspell it by one letter and youre redirected to a ...

Watch out for anybody asking you for money. sadly another thing that breaks my heart is that seniors often do become targets with these kind of things. someone might tell you theyll lose coverage if they dont get a new medicare card and theyll begin to press for your social security number. bottom line is you do not need a new medicare card with obama care and its important that people know that and tell their parents the same thing. lastly, watch out for companies offering a cheaper alternative...

The health care act. and watch out for companies offering cheaper services, they are bogus and falsely claim to exempt you from minimum insurance coverage requirements. if youre unsure, simply stick with the federal and state exchanges. zain asher, cnn, new york. >> thank you very much, zain asher. some amazing, crazy weather all across the country, tropical storms, tornadoes, massive snowfall. a quick update is next. ♪ lyrics: take on me... ♪ take me home... ♪ ill be gone... ♪ in a da...

Oregon, nevada, alaska, colorado, maryland, they all had glitches that prevented people from enrolling in the state exchanges. >> come here to the office, trying to pull it back up and it just wouldnt let her in. due to a lot of the traffic. >> reporter: now 34 states dont have state exchanges. if folks want to enroll in obamacare, there they have to go to the federal website. that too had problems yesterday but officials on the federal level say that was due to high demand, 2.8 million people v...