we are getting the navigation down and good communication materials for open enrollment from hss. the in person assistance was down 22 percent for the same reasons i mentioned. on the next slide, our open enrollment events were the same this year as last year. we went to city hall, laguna honda, san francisco general, and unified school district and the airport. we went and took applications and answered in other departments. we went to the an heche open enrollment along with the hsf director. the abs employment specialist helped us with the management cafeteria plan to remind them to turn in their changes. on the next slide it's showing a comparison of applications we received this year versus last year and as you can see at the end of the month is when we get all the applications. the next slide is an open application processing compared to the applications we received versus what we are able to process at the end of that day and we process into 2 weeks of november. one thing i would like to note in this slide issed red asterisks. there are four 1/2 days where we are unable to p

that dealst of hss with rule health care. organized a health society. it is a big health i.t. conference. it is a free conference symposia on rural health i.t.. opportunity for the programs. it is also great for the u.s. department of agriculture and all of these folks. they talk about their programs and context. joining us at the side of the mobile health conference. alere connect is a remote wireless program that allows you to monitor patients in their homes.uring -- wireless cellular technology. it is the kind of technology you find in your car, your laptop. it is very economical. >> what is a demonstration of how this technology works? alere connect has a series of devices. we also do help management and health information exchange. ptinr-also readings. my mom does that to make sure her blood dinners are working correctly. s are working correctly. the data goes into this device. they can go to the service center. a can help monitor to the patient in case there is a problem. what we are doing with this device is we are connecting it to the mobile link, which i talked about

she has asked the internal inspector general at hss to look into these matters.ou might assume they were going to do that anyway, and it is likely to be very unsatsry for republican critics. on goes this testimony now on capitol hill even as those numbers have improved and the administration feels it has turned the corner. >> mike these new numbers that they are talking about, how improved are they? >> you remember on october 1st, the day of healthcare.gov exactly six people were able to enroll. it has improved dramatically especially in november. 365,000 people in total. if you combine the state and federal exchanges, have been able to sign up. of those it's still a relatively low number, dell. about 130,000 have signed up in this total on the federal website. it is accelerating. they are seeing more success, shorter wait times. the administration painting a very rosy detail. >> mike viqueira thank you very much. >> okay. >>> pope francis has been selected as time magazine's person of the year. nancy gibbs saying the pontiff has had the greatest impact on the wo

. >> you were the hss secretary when med carry part d took place. there was not a perfect roll out, but there were glitches. >> i remember it was not loc what we have sewn here. would you describe what you think is different about the medicare part d and what we have sewn with obama care? >> i remember being in little rock with governor huckabee exmaining that we had problems, we owned them and we would feces them and we did. >> the difference here, is not only we had problems but got the system fixed and frankly they were not as accuse as they were. i think that is the probably in no within what is unexpected. the system is difficult to get on track. and traditionally it is this where the federal government took over a state function. or is that a good thing. >> it is a big per are to's lot of i think it is infezible. >> and shows how dysfunctional it would be. >> and anything youo is coming down the taet 2014. with care. >> we have seen dits fufrns function in the system. >> this is a lot of us kwho play more. and there will be a not of to be hone

some of the vulnerabilities on the website on launch day that hss and cm s anyhow about are there. we can't afford a cover up of vulnerabilities of information. >> hear spokesman said it would violate consumer privacy. is that possible? >> that is an outright lie. what we are asking for is website vulnerabilities. it is website vulnerabilities and a soiber question and has nothing to do with that. they know. that if they haven't patched the problems with the website they are saying it is safe and in fact your private information is at risk today. >> thank you so much. >> tracking big problems with the oregon health exchange. according to a new report oregon signed up 44 people for private insurance despite spending more than throw hundred million in federal grant money to build and promote that website. >> in another state a republican governor's alternative to obama care is gaining support even from the democrats. mike, what is this? >> it's coming from republican governor scott walker of the bad ger state. he wants to sidestep obama care. they get a federal subsidy but have the f

based on hss's release this morning, your department is 3 million off of the target numbers, is that correct? >> through the end of november, that is correct, sir. >> secretary sebelius admitting the enrollment numbers are far from where they need to be. we do not know if they enrolled or paid money. those answers are elusive. and david asbin, how are you doing? >> i am doing great. >> we don't know if they paid money, correct? >> we don't. ine take her numbers as accurate. she never admitted that they fell about 90 percent off of their target before. that is an incredible failure rate. a 90 percent. any business in the world would be out of business in a new york minute if they had a 90 percent failure rate. but look at the 300,000 that did sign on, it is important to know what kind of people did sign on to this. it is more likely that they are the people who need insurance because they are sick. healthy people are not the ones that scrambled in a hurry to get insurance if they don't need it. it is the people that cost more than they contribute will be signing on. if that model cont

. >> daryl issa accusing hhs of criminal obstruction after hss told obama website contractors not toents to investigators. congressman on that committee with us. >> how are you? >> fine. how are you? >> fine. are you accusing hhs of criminal obstruction? >> they're perilously close. as you know, greta, i'm going to need all the facts. chairman issa may have access to some i don't have. i do know this, congress is not a third party. i don't care what the contract say, some contracts are void for public policy. you can't tell someone in the contract not to call the police if there a's a bad act or tell e person in the branch of government not to comply with that subpoena. if there is evidence secretary sebelius is telling people not to cooperate with a jurisdiction of people in congress she will be in more trouble than she's currently in and that's a lot. >> have you actually sent the subpoena to the contractors for information? are they under subpoena to provide that information? >> yes. there have also been subpoenas to the department of haeealth a human services. what will be very i

hss making the stop to get young people to sign up for obama care.fice anymore? 46 percent disapprove of president obamay job performance and 45 percent approve and now our panel going on the record. john mccomic. and susan frechow. and amy, your description of obama care roll out is a turn off. how do they undot turn off. >> it is a generation of kids that are well informed and internet savvy and strug lipping to find a anchor in the middle-class and get a job and establish themselves with financial security. they know if they read about this, that it is off to a rocky start. just because you get in the website doesn't mean you end up purchasing insurance. and they might have also found out noncom mriiance fee is $95 and difficult for the interm rev now service to collect. we can't handle what we promised. they have to start talking about the benefits of getting insurance and ease of getting insurance. otherwise, i think they will say sounds like a lot of waive everies and extensions and promises and we'll sit it sxout it may be changing soon. >> we

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