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The third is that hhs is also at the mercy of house republicans who control the money. and house republicans have given hhs no earmarked money for the federal website. hhs has had to cobble together money to come up with the website. again, none of that is to excuse the rollout of the website. it has not been a successuccess. those are factors which people should keep in mind. >> although, you know, perry, when i think about it, i agree with some of jay's points. we saw the republicans in congress, they went after sebelius when she was trying to use resources to communicate about the rollout. ...

People are going to know what those varies tiers, the bronze, the silver, the gold mean. so i guess less nervous by everyone sort of looking at the tea pot and saying it's not boiling yet and there's all these problems. let's have a little patience. this is the american health care system is the fifth largest economy in the world. >> yeah. and jay, some states are refusing now to set up their own exchanges. missouri's lieutenant governor recently said that he hoped there would be active resistance to the law. so how does that affect people living in those states? >> well, it really is wildly i...

First three months, i would suspect that there will be glitches. this is 50 states, a lot of people signing up for something. and there are going to be problems. >> and in response to the website problems that we've seen, we did get a response from a senior administration official saying we are aware of the issue and are working to address it as soon as possible. now, for more on all of this is dr. ezekial emanuel, former special adviser for health policy to the white house and jay engoff who helped set up the exchanges at the health and human services department. thank you for being here this...

The health care law. jay, always good to see you, sir, thanks for being with me. >> thank you. >> the website, let's start there. website once again down this morning for several hours on this last day of enrollment. what happened this time? >> yeah, well this time, though, it came back up pretty quickly. considering how disastrous the rollout was in october and the massive resistance of the republicans throughout this thing, it's really an amazing accomplishment that 6 million people have already signed up through the exchanges and many more millions off the exchange and through medicaid. whe...

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