mr. kissinger. >> that was a joke, right? >> i see sheer panic. thank you for being here. you stated earlier to mr. harper you give the president regular updates on the marketplace. the president stated he knew nothing about the status and functionality of the marketplace. how often and what were the subjects of those updates? >> well, i think there were a series of regular meetings with the president, with some of our federal partners, with offices of the white house from the omb to others on a monthly basis, giving reports on policy and where we were going. none of those, i would say, involve detailed operational discussions. that wasn't the level. it was, are we coming together, do we have companies, do we have plans. >> sure. i understand that. obviously, when it comes to the president of the united states, certain level of details you have to see at the 10, 20,000-foot overview. in terms of the functionality, he was legitimately caught off guard? >> well, i assured him that we were ready to go. everyone knew with a big plan that there were likely to be some big problem

mr. kissinger. >> that was a joke, right? >> i see sheer panic. >> thank you for being here. you stated earlier to mr. har better, you give the president regular updates and the president said he knew nothing about the status and functionality of the marketplace. how often and what were the subject of those updates? >> i think there were a series of regular meetings with the president with some of our federal partners with offices of the white house from the omb to others on a monthly basis, giving reports on policy and where we were going, none of those i would say involve detailed operational discussions. that wasn't the level. it was are we coming together? do we have companies and plans. >> i understand that. obviously when it comes to the president of the united states, certain level of details you have to see kind of 10,000, 20,000 foot overview. in terms of functionality, he was legitimately caught off guard on -- >> i assured him and -- that we were ready to go. everyone knew with the big plan that there were likely to be problems. no one anticipated this level of prob

mr. kissinger. sebelius: that was a joke, right? >> madam secretary, thank you for being here.you said earlier you give the president gregor updates on the marketplace. the president stated he knew nothing about the status of the functionality of the marketplace. how often what were the subject of those updates? sebelius: i think there were a series of regular meetings with the president, with some of the federal partners, with offices of the white house on a monthly basis giving reports on policy and where we were going. none of those involve detail operational discussions, that wasn't the level it was are we coming together, we have companies and plans. >> when it comes to the president of the united states, you have to see the overview, but in terms of the actual functionality whether it is the website or the marketplace, legitimately caught off guard. >> i assured him that we were ready to go. everybody knew there were likely to be some problems. no one anticipated this level of problem. >> and where is a hhs getting the money to pay for these fixes? have you used your auth

kissinger. >> that was a joke, right? >> i see the sheer panic. madame secretary, thank you for being here. you stated earlier to mr. harper that you give the president regular updates on the marketplace. the president stated he knew nothing about the status and functionality of the marketplace. how often and what were the subjects of those updates? >> well, i think there were a series of regular meetings with the president, with some of our federal partners, with offices of the white house from the omb to others on a monthly basis giving reports on policy and where we were going. none of those i would say involve detailed operational discussions. that wasn't level. it was, are we coming together? do we have companies? do we have plans. >> i understand that. obviously, when it comes to the president of the united states, a certain level of details you have to see a 20,000 foot overview. in terms of the actual functionality whether it's the website or marketplace, he was legitimately caught off guard in. >> i assured him and that we were ready to go. everyone knew with a big plan that there were likely to be some pro