mila? >> so the biggest issue for us is identity proofing. if you are young and you don't have a credit history. if you were not born here, born somewhere else, or if you're -- if you were in a traditional family where the wife, in most cases, didn't work, and didn't have credit history in her own name, and is now divorced, it's very difficult to get through identity proofing instantly. so what we have to do essentially is, in person, verify that you are who you say you are. and so that is one of the biggest obstacles for us. i believe that we're losing many clients, many consumers, who, if they can't do everything online instantly, then they're not going to go to one of our service centers to in-person prove who they are. so that is at the top of my wish list to fix. >> okay, great. and now we'd love to open it up to those of you in the audience with questions. i'd ask you just to identify yourselves by name and affiliation for the benefit of our panelists. we'll start here with julia. >> hi, i'm julia appleby with kaiser health news. there'

mila? >> so the biggest issue for us is identity proofing. if you are young and you don't have a credit history. if you were not born here, born somewhere else, or if you're -- if you were in a traditional family where the wife, in most cases, didn't work, and didn't have credit history in her own name, and is now divorced, it's very difficult to get through identity proofing instantly. so what we have to do essentially is, in person, verify that you are who you say you are. and so that is one of the biggest obstacles for us. i believe that we're losing many clients, many consumers, who, if they can't do everything online instantly, then they're not going to go to one of our service centers to in-person prove who they are. so that is at the top of my wish list to fix. >> okay, great. and now we'd love to open it up to those of you in the audience with questions. i'd ask you just to identify yourselves by name and affiliation for the benefit of our panelists. we'll start here with julia. >> hi, i'm julia appleby with kaiser health news. there'

you heard mila talk about people wanting to be the research. common themes of finding out, learning as they go about the challenges that arise and adapting to them. and essentially a very clear story here that these challenges can't be overcome in the end getting coverage with some result. so that, let me take my progress active. we would like to open it up to all of you near the audience. we want to go back with christie's statement. one of the learning here. there are still issues that precludes the smooth enrollment of individuals and families. and just briefly expand on that. what are the issues -- that in a perfect world congress would come back and revisit potentially new legislation. >> there are numerous issues that relate to the back and tax , medicaid and the credit. and some of the ways that they get stuck on either side of that. and fordability is based ey qualify somebody from getting a tag. the problem is that they have access to employer based affordability standard. which doesn't have the same as employers do. that affordability

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little mila was born more than three months premature. >> on her first day we were told we had -- i'm sorry, a one-third chance of her dying before we would ever be able to bring her home. >> reporter: faye's husband works for aol. last week ceo tim armstrong announced in his town hall meeting that it was changing its 401(k) benefits saying in addition to the rising cost of health care it had paid a million each for what he called two distressed babies born to aol staffers. he didn't name the baby, but they knew. >> it was sort of impossible to process that he was talking about my daughter, who was home with me at that time. you know, to hear her labeled a distressed baby. and to me there did sound like the implication that somehow we were greedy consumers of health care benefits, that we had kind of gobbled up more than our share of the pie. >> reporter: faye wasn't alone in her shock. the internet lit up with criticism, and aol quickly did an about-face, restoring its original 401(k) policy. in a letter to the staff, armstrong said, i made a mistake and i apologize for my comment la

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see her first birthday. >> we were told she might not live a week, a month, a day. >> reporter: milajust 1 pound, 9 ounces, she spent three months in the neonatal intensive care unit fighting for her life. >> one day when her right lung collapsed, one day when she actually stopped breathing, one day when they discovered she had a bleed in her brain. >> reporter: faye's husband working at "the huffington post" which is owned by aol. during an employee town hall meeting armstrong reportedly said we had two aolers distressed babies that were preborn that we paid a million dollar each to make sure the babies were okay. he added those expenses along with obamacare would force the company to cut benefits like 401(k) matching benefits and replacing them with a lump payment. >> to me it was life a whiff of judgment with what he said like we had been sort of selfish or greedy consumers of health care benefits that saving her life was this extravagant option. >> reporter: the controversy erupted when armstrong's words became public. >> well, if he hadn't brought up distressed babies and single

mila jokavich. there has been a lot of support from the industry.nearst and dearest to my heart was the fact that children in our industry were not covered by labour law. so we introduced a bill last year that would include child models, models under 18, and the same protections that cover child performers, actors, singers, dancers. i'm proud to say that we - the governor signed a bill into law in november. >> it's law in new york, protecting younger models in new york. you have issues in other places around the world. what worries me when you look at what is out there, and we have other achievements. you got vogue to change its policies when it comes to child models and how thin models are. >> and those are related. people looking at the industry and images of models will say they are anorexic, they need to eat a hamburger. the reality is eating disorders are a real problem, but most people don't realise that when you have a 15-year-old girl who is representing the ideal for female beauty for adult women, that's problematic. >> that is what you are

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. >> a wolf was spotted at the olympic village but not all is as it seems. the besis that mila is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll today at coveredca.com. >> covering los gatos and bay difficult and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back. breaking overnight an athlete tests positive for doping and another sochi scandal, this time, outrage overwhelm's figure skating. >> a lot of people are asking, did the right person win? there are so many opinions. we will get to sochi for that story. matt? >> good morning, everyone in the bay area. well start with the breaking news from the german olympic committee announced an athlete fail add doping test. the athlete is not identified. next, the positive step came from (a) sample and the backup sample will be analyzed told growing outrage in women's figure skating, you probably watched amazing but russian figure skating sotnikova won the gold over south korean kim and 1.7 million have signed

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and we had the support of prominent models like cocoa roach a mila jojo viv and we have gotten a lotthe industry. the thing nearest and dearest to my heart is that children in our industry were not covered by labor law . we introduce addressee law last year that included child models under 18 in the same protection that his cover all other child performers, actors, singers, dances and i am very proud to say that we -- that governor quo know signed our bill in to law in november. >> it's not in new york that protects younger models in new york. but you have issues in other players places around the world. what worries me when you look at what's out there . you are other accomplish: >> often people looking at the industry and these images of models will say, oh, they are all anorexic, they are not eat, they need to eat a hamburger. and the reality, is yes, eating disorders are a real problem in our business. but what most people don't realize is that when you have a 15-year-old girl who is representing the ideal for female butte foy beauty for adult women that's inherently problematic.

their daughter, mila was born more than three months premature.at the baby had a 1 in 3 chance of surviving. live here with us in the studio. thanks for coming by. first of all, what did armstrong say when he called you last night? >> well, i don't want to get into the exact words that he used because i feel like he really spoke to me as an individual, not in his public role as ceo, he spoke to me ace father of three, fellow parent and someone who had read my piece about what the whole experience had been like for my family and i think, you know, he expressed his regret in a heartfelt manner. he -- he assure immediate that he never meant to hurt my family. >> yeah. >> and i -- i take him for his word. i accepted his apology. and i think we can all agree that we've all said things that we wish we could take back. >> a note here, in an e-mail to the company on saturday, armstrong did write in part, quote, i made a mistake, and i appall guide for my comments last week at a town hall when i mentioned specific health care examples in trying to explain

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little mila was born three months premature. >> on her first day, we were told that we had a -- i'm sorry for aol. last week, tim armstrong announced in a town hall meeting it was changing its 401(k) benefit, saying in addition to the riding costs of health care, it had paid $1 million each for what he called two distressed babies born to aol staffers. he didn't name the families, but fei knew. >> it was sort of impossible to process that he was talking about my daughter, who was home with me at that time. you know, to hear her labelled a distressed baby -- and to me, there did sound like the implication that somehow we were greedy consumers of health care benefits. that we had kind of gobbled up more than our share of the pie. >> reporter: fei wasn't alone in her shock. the internet lit up with criticism, and aol quickly did an aboutface, we storing its original 401(k) policy. in a letter to the staff, armstrong said, i made a mistake, and i apologize for my comments last week at the town hall, when i mentioned specific health care examples in trying to explain our decision-making proces

. >> i felt mila kunis there. it was so good.e're going to be wearing this tomorrow. >> you kid, but i fully expect you will. our last one is from a german pair. we're calling this geek chic. >> i said it once, and i'll say it again, i do not feature a sweater vest. >> we kind of disagreed about this. i thought it was fun. he was playing the nerd and her coach told her she needed to be paris hilton. >> that's what was funny. she said she needed to play a very fancy lady and they chose paris hilton as who they wanted to be as the model. >> words to live by from johnny weir. do not feature the sweater vest. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up next, lindsey vonn pays it forward with aspiring olympic skiers. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> welcome back to sochi where the olympic torch is still burning. most athletes began their road to the olympics when they were just kids, and that is certainly true for "today" olympic correspondent lindsey vonn. she decided to pay it forward by spending time with the next generation of ski

. >> now to mila shaylynn arianna coles, born on january 18th.her tummy tickled. hoda, just like you. >> what am i doing snehere? >> congratulations -- you're an award winning journalist. >> was. if you want to submit your baby to be our johnson baby of the week, go to klgandhoda.com for details. >>> guess who we have with us on our program? bobbie thomas. >> hey, how are you? >> i'm excited. i'm good. so i have some really fun things that will help you when you're on the go. first up, my favorite new find, believe it or not, post-it notes came out with this great home collection. these post-its are meant to wrap around your purse handle or wrist. >> good idea. >> right. so you can remember the -- go to the bank, doctor. i love these. they also have these great pockets that seal. inside the cabinet in your kitchen. so you can see whatever you need to do, grab it and go and it will restick. this is a good get. and then this may be one of my new favorite funky finds. had this is called the wonkey. have you ever been at a restaurant where the table

in "pop news," mila and ashton, are they engaged? of a brand-new ring for mila. >>> secrets of short sleepers. how some get by on a few hours a night. i think i sit next to some of them. >>> great last-minute tips to gramour oscar party and dj irie coming up on "gma" in times square. ♪ >>> "gma's morning menu" is brought to by new, fast-acting advil. nothing is faster. ♪ you and this ring on her finger. >>> a slight spoiler alert if you haven't managed to binge watch "house of cards accounts, that show had an epic twitter overlapse with the other drama on tv, "scandal." "house of cards" taking to twitter calling on the fixer in chief olivia pope to get to the bottom of it. scandal tweeting back, we're on the case. consider it handled and things went on from there. now, how epic -- you're done. you're done. >> so excited. >> imagine a crossover episode. >> oh, my gosh. >> that would be pretty cool. >> where they collide. >> i want to see a unicorn next. it would be so neat. >> i like the way you think, lara. >>> if you're like me you