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Released new numbers showing signups increased substantially last month. almost 260,000 people signed up in november on both federal and state exchanges. that's more than double october's enrollment. however, the two-month total is far less than the 1.2 million they originally predicted by november. the new numbers were unveiled as kathleen sebelius appeared at another congressional hearing. she faced more tough questions from republicans. >> but you're telling us that those who shop are enrolled. >> i told you who is enrolled. >> that's why we're frustrated. >> joining me live now, nbc news s...

Take a look at the break down. that is october and november of medicaid eligible, 803000 and then the november enrollment 258,000 and then you see the federal and state exchanges. the red are the states running their own exchanges. the blue are the federal-run exchanges. the highest enrolled states are the ones running the exchanges themselves. there are only 110,000 from the federal exchanges. and those are 36 states that the federal government is running. so at this rate, it is going to be tough to make 7 million by march. let's bring in our panel. a little early tonight, stephen hayes, a.b....

That is the final day people can sign up for health care coverage and have their coverage begin, if they don't have it now, on january 1st. so you got to do it by the 23rd of this month. but the ongoing problems with the federal website and getting customer information to insurers could mean that some people who think they are going to get covered, may not be. and as it turns out issues with people trying to sign up or extending to certain state exchanges now too. those had been working separate from the federal we can site. now some of those aren't working. >> reporter: not only the federal o...

Controversial hires. the kelly file starts now. >> who was that? we are going to mutt el through another night tonight. breaking this evening the administration has just been forced to confirm what we reported to you a couple of days ago. tens of thousands of americans who think they have health insurance under obamacare may discover on january 1st that they do not. they are refusing to release the stats on the problems plaguing healthcare.gov the administration announced under pressure from the press that the enrollment of one out of every four people in the month of october and november were...

Lack of promotion, not the botched rollout that is to blame for low enrollment. >> no one has launched a big pr campaign to get these people signed up because of the problems with the federal website. we are about to launch a big pr campaign and that, i think, is going to persuade a lot of people to sign up. >> the white house may not have started its latest pr campaign but state exchanges are certainly looking to attract younger demos using racy ads like this one with internet means like this one like hey, girl, and cutouts of actors like ryan gosling. still, almost half of millennials say th...