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And then we have another full screen we can show you of what people overall are saying achievement. 22% a failure 36%. 36%. that s a pretty big number. especially when this is the president s signature piece of legislation bearing his name obamacare. you know. for a while, he wanted it to be called obamacare, and then he wanted it to be called aca and then it was back to obamacare and it was back and forth. do you wonder what 2014 is going to be like. you have seen people become even more outspoken on this on the sunday shows last week we heard from robert gibs you remember his former press secretary saying this has been the worst year of his presidency. but it seems like there is really no denying it. a lot of this is due to the affordable care act, better known as obamacare. as a result of that the president himself said the messaging hasn t been right. touting very viable. this past sunday sending out email getting people to sign up. people sign up and it still isn t ready what do ....
The administration did tell commerce customers who failed online, when to pay. many health insurers are giving people until january 10th. many states have their other exchanges deadlines for first payment and some have more than one. makes already kind of chaotic situation even more chaotic. it s great that i think people do need more time to sign up, but the problem is it would be better if there was just one deadline rather than having everybody perhaps thinking that they have more time that they don t have. president obama is vacationing in hawaii where just yesterday he greeted hundreds of troops and their families. while he seems to be staying away from politics on this trip, officials have earlier said this week that they remain stead fast on the affordable care act. they say it s what s best for the nation. they also say the surge in traffic on monday and tuesday is a really good indication that this is what people want. we have made tremendous ....
Technical improvements to the web site. when the web site was first rolled out in october. it was crashing regularly. it was not reliable. it now is reliable. and it now is reliable even while it is taking on significant traffic. more than a million people today use that web site. now, as you know, people have did have glitches can sign up today. really we don t know how many and how it s going to last. as we know the healthcare system does need millions more young people, the young and the healthy to buy insurance. of course they need to offset the cost of some of the older and perhaps sicker patients. that s definitely coming from the talking points of the obama administration so we thank you for that report. because, what she is talking about, is the fact that if they don t have these millions of young people signing up for obamacare it, doesn t work. they need that because the insurance companies need it. otherwise, we may be going to a place head on into what charles krauthamm ....
Base were still standing by him saying this is going to work. it s going to really help a lot of people. we just heard josh earnest saying the same thing. but the question is, we don t even know if these enrollments have been activated when they do go get the healthcare, will it be sufficient enough when you consider the fact that there have been cancellations, deductibles are rising and now some of those people who have been in the president s corner, his democratic base are beginning to say well, let s become up and look at this again. i think that s part of the concern. you just heard kirsten powers, that sound bite saying this might be a problem felt down the road. she is insinuating the 2014 elections. now we are getting poll numbers out saying the democrats may be starting to leave obama s side on this thing that he thought he could hold everybody. in a lot of democrats are saying that obama care will be his massive failure, 25% are saying that this will be known as a complete ....
i am on varney and company. the market is at an all-time high. we ve got a lot of stuff to talk about. thank you, charles. you ve got to make some money if you re going to pay for obamacare. up next, the reverend jesse jackson throwing himself into the duck dynasty debate and wait until you hear what historical controversy he compares it to. chances are you re still feeling a bit full from christmas. what to eat to beat the what to eat to beat the bloat coming up. when i grow up, i want to sleep in a big bouncy castle. ....