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You guys do and republican and democratic governors alike got to balance their budgets. they got to run the schools. they can't run up massive debt. they can't push off the issues. you talked about being for something instead of just being against something. you caught my attention a couple of weeks ago when you came out and you thought -- you said it was a bad idea to shut down the federal government over obamacare. >> right. >> why? >> i have real problems with obviously obamacare and i laid it out. i didn't think the medicade expansion or state exchanges. there's a huge problem you know it ...

Health care for more americans. these enrollment numbers, before the dead line for the month of december, i believe, are very impressive. we're now closing in on 2 million people who are going to be affected by this law. what does this mean? deadlines are good, people have responded to it. what do you have to do to -- in the new year to keep these numbers coming? i mean, enrollment in the health care exchange is surging. what's your reaction to these new numbers? >> well, now we're actually on track of what we thought we were going to be when october 1st rolled around. and so i think these num...

Anything, you don't have it and they want the government to float you. who will make up the difference? that is our tax making up the difference. >> we have learned that younger people and healthier people aren't signing up for the. changes. we know this from the 14 state exchanges releasing information. the feds aren't. that makes it imbalanced and the insurance companies could lose money on the exchanges. if that happens, there is a reinsurance fund that would pump in $25 billion of taxpayer monies to bail out the insurance companies. that may not even be enough. we may have to have a bail o...

They signed up for? their enrollment will be tested for the first time with their doctors' visits. long call times cancellation notices. people are still in the dark whether or not their insurance is going to work. meanwhile the administration says the deadline for obamacare enrollment prompted an influx in traffic to healthcare.gov and state exchanges. >> they will know if somebody in their family gets sick, they will be able to go see a doctor and have access to quality healthcare coverage that is available in the greatest country in the world that is a tremendous change from what we saw bef...

Don't worry. you might still be able to get coverage starting january 1st. officials say those people who ran into trouble online can file appeals. visitors to healthcare.gov will notice this message urging them to contact the marketplace call center. officials say if you simply miss the deadline you can still sign up but have to wait another month for your coverage kick in. this comes after the administration moved the deadline twice after the rollout in october, and on top of that, several state exchanges reported similar trouble, including delays and outages for their web sites. we're live ...