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It's making sure folks can find the plan that's right for them and to make sure they have the subsidy calculations to get there. that's a known good and they're going to work through these issues as they uncover them. >> here's a question from one of our twitter followers. why didn't they build a website where you could just window shop, get estimates without having to give so much personal information? >> so, actually, this question's come up quite a bit. and it isn't entirely correct, the assumption that the tweet suggests. almost within days of the site launching, in addition to publishing ...

That many of these states got started really early the minute this law passed, years ago, they started, whereas the fed spent a lot of time in 2010, '11 and 2012 trying to get states do their own sites and weren't focused on healthcare.gov as much. efficiency, this one is really, really important. in new york and kentucky, it seeps like it was very lean and mean, very streamlined. in kentucky, the state workers and the contractors were in one building like they were all there together getting the job done. by many accounts for the federal site, when contractors had questions, they didn't get a...

Yourself and window shop. and then apply. it was designed to apply first and then see your policies. new york and kentucky con set it up differently and apparently setting it up without the window shopping at the beginning may have slowed things down. >> what about what the critics say? we expect john mccain will be critical of the president. he says take air force one, send it to silicon valley, get a couple of smart people, make this thing work. is it that simple? >> the experts said it's not that simple. they said the contractor the feds used is a widely respected contractor for doing this ...

This would barely make beta testing. all right? >> one potential problem, the website demands users input their personal information before they even begin to window shop for insurance, something retail websites like amazon.com don't do. programming experts say a lot of work needs to be done. >> if they don't change management, this project is doomed because we've already seen what the existing management considers ready for shipping, and it's not. >> now, there are allegations that the administration waited too long to draw up the blueprints for the website, then had too many contractors invo...

Shutdown. people are beginning to focus, are they straightening it out? >> reporter: they say they are making progress. they say they are making progress reducing the wait time. the volumes have dropped dramatically. this is a big series of problems. it's not one. every expert i talked to said they have significant coding issues, software issues. i'm not a computer programmer myself but they didn't design it in a user friendly manner or a manner most retail websites you use every day can handle this kind of volume. for example, amazon.com allows you to go on and window shop, look around, if yo...