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So, now all that force is moving down to the back end. we're starting to see the 834s, that is, the insurance companies are not getting all the data they need. people are signing up, told they have insurance, and then they call up their insurance company and they don't have insurance. it hasn't gotten to the back, back end yet. that's where the physicians are. but now we're beginning to see some signs of that. we see some places where there are 256,000 children covered by one pediatrician. impossible. >> unbelievable. >> and now i see some of the solutions that are percolating up, oh, we're go...

So, now all that force is moving down to the back end. we're starting to see the 834s, that is, the insurance companies are not getting all the data they need. people are signing up, told they have insurance, and then they call up their insurance company and they don't have insurance. it hasn't gotten to the back, back end yet. that's where the physicians are. but now we're beginning to see some signs of that. we see some places where there are 256,000 children covered by one pediatrician. impossible. >> unbelievable. >> and now i see some of the solutions that are percolating up, oh, we're go...

>> the little -- >> the little medallion on left, click on that, and you can enter some very simple information about yourself and see all of the plans available to you. >> without putting financial data, stuff in you may not want to. >> no financial data. it won't calculate whether or not you have a subsidy coming to you, but it will show you the plans available to you in your area with the premium for a person your age. you can even looking at the provider networks and drug lists, which is hugely important to people. it's terrific. i tried it. it was working yesterday through the busiest tim...

Have all hell break loose. >> that is really the question and you heard a lot of those questions today at the white house briefing, especially what they call the 834s and that's the back-end forms. >> this is actually i think going to potentially be an even bigger problem than what we've seen so far with the website. because you have people, a small number but you have people that have actually managed to enroll. they're hoping that number goes up by december 23rd, the enrollment deadline for january 1st. the issue is that the information that these folks are putting into the system, when it s...

>> or have any data on how many people have tried to enroll but because of the problems have not been able to accomplish that? >> no, sir. i can tell you i met with insurers last week and one of the priority fixes is the so-called 834s, the document that sends an individual's name to a company and verifies it. that is one of the systems that is not working. >> i appreciate that. and the contractors i asked specifically about the information of how many people have tried to enroll and enroll, and they say they do have those numbers but can't tell us that because of a contract with hhs saying th...