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Issues. buy, it is not really possible, brit, lets be honest, it is not possible. >> and i think if youre able to window shop in the state exchanges or federal exchanges youre able to do that. on the screen, that is there. our correspondent peter ducey got a shock when he was trying to shop. but this -- megyn, i think it illustrates the political problem with this. the president is trying to go to the campaign style effort to sell this. this problem, i think, is not really susceptible to that ki...

Just to window shop and compare insurance plans and prices. three young programmers came up with an easy fix at least for that problem. while president obama has been doing damage control over the rocky rollout of healthcare.gov, two of the tech buddies helped launch the guide allowing users quickly compare health insurance plans. >> where a comment to healthcare.gov. will allow you to explore your options without going through pain of the sign-up process. reporter: is a user-friendly interface....

Temperatures in the 20s and 30s tomorrow. the desert southwest picks up additional rainfall. well watch a storm system brew across the southeast. track off the coast of the southeast, and christi and victor, it looks like as we head through the thanksgiving holiday, well watch the potential for a winter storm. >> its good for people staying hole and preparing meals and not going out to the airports and train stations, this is rough. >> yeah. karen, thank you. the original design of the obama c...

Handle other critical functions, such as user interface, confirmation e-mails to users, the link that users clique on to activate their accounts and the web page users land on. all of these tools must work together seamlessly to ensure smooth registration. after the launch, healthcare dot gov was inundated by more consumers than anticipated. many of these vendors were overwhelmed including the virtual data center environment, software, database system and the hardware and our eidm tool. now, it ...

>> my father was my best friend. >> a mess, thats a word i have heard many people use, not just you. lets first talk about the just very -- we had a close -- decision. several states, colorado, new york, kansas, what they decided ah. to do was to let people window shop. >> very close to your dad? you just had to put in a little >> i was close to my dad, yes. bit of information. your age, what county you lived in, a little bit of information. >> she was emotional. and you could look at various sh...

Its making sure folks can find the plan thats right for them and to make sure they have the subsidy calculations to get there. thats a known good and theyre going to work through these issues as they uncover them. >> heres a question from one of our twitter followers. why didnt they build a website where you could just window shop, get estimates without having to give so much personal information? >> so, actually, this questions come up quite a bit. and it isnt entirely correct, the assumption t...

That many of these states got started really early the minute this law passed, years ago, they started, whereas the fed spent a lot of time in 2010, 11 and 2012 trying to get states do their own sites and werent focused on healthcare.gov as much. efficiency, this one is really, really important. in new york and kentucky, it seeps like it was very lean and mean, very streamlined. in kentucky, the state workers and the contractors were in one building like they were all there together getting the ...

Yourself and window shop. and then apply. it was designed to apply first and then see your policies. new york and kentucky con set it up differently and apparently setting it up without the window shopping at the beginning may have slowed things down. >> what about what the critics say? we expect john mccain will be critical of the president. he says take air force one, send it to silicon valley, get a couple of smart people, make this thing work. is it that simple? >> the experts said its not t...

This would barely make beta testing. all right? >> one potential problem, the website demands users input their personal information before they even begin to window shop for insurance, something retail websites like amazon.com dont do. programming experts say a lot of work needs to be done. >> if they dont change management, this project is doomed because weve already seen what the existing management considers ready for shipping, and its not. >> now, there are allegations that the administrati...

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...