. >> you will knit that -- you will admit that if a state hhs, so to speak, will use that information, that is quite a from ant kettle of fish for-profit bottom-line oriented -- >> we would put the departments of hhs through the same review of who they are and what you want that information for. we would not want them to use our information to disadvantage those consumers. only to empower them. they would go through the same review. >> all right. my time has expired. you happily engaged in a process . you selectively named some of your clients. you can selectively do it, you can broadly do it. >> those are a matter of public record. >> that is the point. what you do should be a matter of public record. this is an oversight committee and a serious matter. we have the feeling people are getting scammed or screwed by this feeling. it is up to you to talk us out of that. >> not by experience. i can assure you the experience acted as our watching this right now i'm hearing what you're saying. we respect your point of view. responsive to you. seriously. thee look forward to dialogue. >> any

. >> you will knit that -- you will admit that if a state hhs, so to speak, will use that information, that is quite a from ant kettle of fish for-profit bottom-line oriented -- >> we would put the departments of hhs through the same review of who they are and what you want that information for. we would not want them to use our information to disadvantage those consumers. only to empower them. they would go through the same review. >> all right. my time has expired. you happily engaged in a process . you selectively named some of your clients. you can selectively do it, you can broadly do it. >> those are a matter of public record. >> that is the point. what you do should be a matter of public record. this is an oversight committee and a serious matter. we have the feeling people are getting scammed or screwed by this feeling. it is up to you to talk us out of that. >> not by experience. i can assure you the experience acted as our watching this right now i'm hearing what you're saying. we respect your point of view. responsive to you. seriously. thee look forward to dialogue. >> any

. >> you will admit, won't you, that if a state hhs so to speak will use that information, that's quite a different kettle of fish from a for-profit bottom line-oriented -- >> and we would put the departments of hhs through the same review of who they are and what they want that information for. because we wouldn't want them to use our information to disadvantage those consumers, only to empower them. so it would go through the same review. >> all right. my time has expired, and you happily engaged an interesting process, you selectively named some of your clients. if you can selectively do it, you can broadly do it. >> those are a matter of lick record. >> well, that's the point. >> right. >> what should be a matter of public record, this is an oversight committee. this is a serious subject. we have the feeling people are getting scammed or screwed by this feeling. it's up to you to talk us out of that -- >> but not by experian. i can assure you, mr. rockefeller, the experian executives are watching this right now and you hear what you're saying. we respect your -- >> do you think they

is the state of being tracked by hhs and do you have access to the state run s.h.o.p. data? as you might expect because we have not been taking enrollments on line we don't have those figures in the small business market the way we do on the individual side where we know because the enrollments are coming through us, so we are going to be receiving enrollment data from the insurance companies, and so i don't have that today. we will be getting enrollment data from the insurance companies for the federal marketplace and we will be able to report that out. the state-based marketplaces, some of them have been been reporting small-group enrollments and that information should be available. >> when do you anticipate that being reported to you by the insurance companies? >> that date it's reported to us by the insurance companies you know all on a regular basis as they are signing people up and then we will have to weed that together and come out with a report and we will do that. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> mr. tett din. ..

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. >> hhs released data this morning. statingximately, 364,000 americans have selected a plan through a state -- and would you define enrollment. define what you mean by enrollment. >> we are giving you the numbers of individual whose have chosen. >> not actually paid their first -- >> through the end of november. yes. >> zeke, here is how i define enrollment. you can hold up your insurance card and show it to me. or show it whatever you are going to show a doctor when you go into a doctor's office. an id number, whatever that is. i am not sure who has that at this point. the insurance companies is not -- not perfectly worked out yet. and -- there still is some paper problems. i know that they're working very carefully and closely with the insurance scum pacompanies to me the people that signed up are on the insurance company rolls. you are right, the actual, you know what you need to do is pay that first month premium. and people who signed up, and still haven't paid that first month premium are not guaranteed coverage on januar

states. there was a little bit about argument about whether it was 15 or 17. the first year we were working with the secretary of hhs and we got it in all 50 states. that was exciting. we had this big meeting in washington -- i go from one subject to another. we have this big meeting in washington to celebrate at people from all over the country. the next day there was not one word in the paper about it. i was so upset. so i called joe califano. i said, "i know there was a camera there." he said it was ours. but nobody was interested in immunization. i got upset with the press. they covered my mental health work, my first few meetings i had. and then they never showed up anymore. one of things i wanted to do was bring attention to the issue and how terrible it was and what few services there were. and thinking just getting it out in the public. that is what i did in georgia, developed a good program in georgia, by the way. but they did not come. one day i was walking in the white house and met this woman who was one of the press people. and i said, nobody ever covers my meetings. she said, ms. carter, mental health

states. you have other agencies, epa and environmental context, hhs with other portions this attitude amongsttrative agencies they should improve upon the law is inconsistent with the structure of our government. >> that's amazing to me. let's just take some of these mandatory deadlines that have been waived. congress didn't vote on them. the courts didn't rule on them. nobody did anything. administration just said yeah okay we'll go from thus and such to thus and such. your point i think is a larger point. you tell me, you're the attorney general. judicially speaking, your point is codified, you can't change what's codified. >> that's right. great civics to your point. if the law needs to change, congress needs to do it. administrative agency exists to administer law not to change it, not nod guy it, not to improve upon it but to administer it as congress has passed it. administration in many instances has taken unilateral steps, the removal of the employer mandate to delays as you indicated. the removal of cap of out of pocket expenditures. it's estimated that there's five instances that th

>> has the white house or hhs offered any kind of help to states that are having problems with their health care web sites? >> i'm not specifically aware of what that communication is. i'm sure there is some, but i think hhs or cms could give a more detailed answer. it depends -- i think you would have to ask them, i think the answer's probably yes, but you would have to ask them specifically which state and which issue. >> now there's no expectation that anything could be delayed, any kind of timelines will be extended or delayed because things are now -- [inaudible] or in the process of -- >> no, i think what we said is that or we are working to do everything we can to make, as i was just saying, this, these options available to americans who want them. and we have taken a number of steps to make this process easier for those americans who have either had trouble because of the healthcare.gov web site or because of the cancellations of existing policies. you know, we're -- and so we're continuing to address and make the adjustments necessary to make this transition as smooth as poss

state senator. today she says she has asked the inspector general, the ig in these parts of hhs, to look into how theseontractors are acquired, hired to begin with, the management of the rollout performance involved in in getting the website up and running or as the case may be not up and running, and how they are paid. and it may not offer much coverage. ig's are paid to do this. they are supposed to be independent of management. and whether or not secretary sebelius was going to ask the ig do it or not, one presumes the ig was going to look into something like this. meanwhile, it is going about as you would expect on capitol hill, republicans fully on attack over the website, over the rollouts, john boehner, the house speaker, that was what he lead with today. democrats are defending sebelius as they have for the last two months. >> it has been frustrated with the experience so far. we are asking you to come back. it's now easier than ever to shop for plans and enroll online, over the phone, in paper, person, or directly through an issuer or agent. >> so the administration feels as though they are tu

people are now aware that there is a different option that came out of hhs as a result of a letter from the united states senators who asked for clarification. that clarification was given and we move forward from this point. >> all right. senior communications aide for president obama. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> a little more on the breaking news having to do with harry reid. here's what we know about his condition. casey hunt reports that a democratic aide said he was on the phone discussing upcoming legislation. they wouldn't provide further details on his condition, but the office said he was not feeling well and decided to go to the hospital this morning and he was conducting business and that's a good sign. much more ahead on "the daily rundown." the top ten races we think all of us will be watching in 2014. they command the most attention in the new year. plus we have a few wild cards where anything can happen. from russia with love, i guess. we will talk to senator chris murphy fresh off the trip with the newest hot bed. a look ahead at the politics planner. you are watch

hhs released data this morning stating that approximate 364,000 americans have selected a plan or a state or federal exchange. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> of these 364,000 americans, do you know how many will actually have coverage in effect on january 1, 2014? >> once they pay th their premis they will have coverage in effect. >> so you don't know? these are the ones who just selected a plan but haven't paid the first payment on a premium? >> some may have paid, some of not. we are giving the enrollment numbers. >> this is a critical statistic. it's clear a chess knows the number of americans essentially put a plan in the shopping cart. your testament includes data on the number of users who can use healthcare.gov simultaneously and the number of website hits. however, this most critical statistic, the number of americans who will actually have coverage effective january 1, do you have an estimate? >> sir, i think 365,000 through the end of november have enrolled in coverage and we're getting with issuers to confirm the actual -- >> would you define enrollment? define what you mean

state. we have made great progress in that. we won hhsortunity to demonstrate that getting people to take ownership of their own health really does work. >> you and i both know that the rollout of healthcare.gov has been a disaster. the president himself has acknowledged as much. then how much trouble administration has, to regret not setting up your own exchange? >> no. we are contemplating the possibility of looking at doing a regional exchange with neighboring states that have a similar approach. we think that the federal government has badly mishandled this whole situation. >> which states are you working with? south dakota, nebraska, and kansas are all similar in size. similar philosophy. they have governors that are all republican. there are insurance commissioners with good relationship. we have not reached any agreement. we have a thought process of how we could this -- to find a system that would work. we could get the smaller states together to work to improve the health of our citizens. >> i want to ask about your relationship

and recommended that hhs canceled the demonstration. gao also statedte we remaine concerned about the agency's legal legal authority to undertake the demonstration with a p authoritys until next year. a recent report by the kaiser family fountion wned tha report plan or return to the fee-for-service medicare in 2014 as a result of the aca. in addition to the plant availability, questions are being raised about the possibility of rising costs and limited provider networks in the future as more aca mandated cuts go into effect. i would like to thank the witnesses for being here today and i look forward to the testimony regarding how the aca will impact of the medicare advantage p. thank you and a yield the remainder of my time to representative burgess. >> i think the chairman for the recognition they also want to thank the chairman for calling this ring this morning. we see the headlines and we see everything that's going wrong in health care. sometimes we forget that there are some things that actual are going okay. there are things this committee and

demonstrations would produce meaningful results, "-end-double-quote, and recommended that hhs canceled the demonstration. it also stated him a quote, we remain concerned about the agencies legal authority to undertake the demonstration. with a price tag of $8.35 billion over ten years. the medicare actuary noted that this demonstration would offset more than one third of the reduction in the payments projected to occur under aca from 2012 to 2014. effectively masking the first wave of aca mandated cuts until next year. a recent report by the kaiser family foundation warned that more than half a million beneficiaries may have to switch to another m.a. plan or return to the fee-for-service medicare in 2014 as a result of the aca. in addition to the plant availability, questions are being raised about the possibility of rising costs and limited provider networks in the future as more aca mandated cuts go into effect. i would like to thank the witnesses for being here today and i look forward to the testimony regarding how the aca will impact of the medicare advantage program. thank you and i will yield the remainder of my

hhs released data this morning stating that approximate 364,000 americans have selected a plan or a state or federal exchange. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> of these 364,000 americans, do you know how many will actually have coverage in effect on january 1, 2014? >> once they pay th their premis they will have coverage in effect. >> so you don't know? these are the ones who just selected a plan but haven't paid the first payment on a premium? >> some may have paid, some of not. we are giving the enrollment numbers. >> this is a critical statistic. it's clear a chess knows the number of americans essentially put a plan in the shopping cart. your testament includes data on the number of users who can use healthcare.gov simultaneously and the number of website hits. however, this most critical statistic, the number of americans who will actually have coverage effective january 1, do you have an estimate? >> sir, i think 365,000 through the end of november have enrolled in coverage and we're getting with issuers to confirm the actual -- >> would you define enrollment? define what you mean

state on the federal exchange. nearly 18,000 over the past two months. again, that's according to hhs. analysts say that's still far short of the administration's initial target. now the feds are asking insurance companies to extend the deadline to sign up for coverage that would kick in the first of january. ed whenry is the white house. what is the white house saying about the latest changes? >> reporter: they're saying, error rates are down, and benefits will start kicking in soon. they think they're starting to turn the corner, nonetheless they're making last-minute tweaks, such as basically saying you can get your money in for your first premium right up until december 31st, even though your insurance will kick in on january 1st. insurance companies wondering how they can turn the paperwork around that quickly. so there's a question whether or not the people out of the 1.2 million who have already quote-unquote enrolled, how many of those will actually have insurance starting january 1st here's jay carney. >> we're going to continue to take steps to make sure where we can make som

unlikely the demonstration would produce meaningful results" and recommended that hhs canceled the demonstration. gao also stated, "we remain concerned about the agency's legal authority to undertake the demonstration." $8.35 price tag of billion over 10 years, the medicare actuary noted this demonstration would offset more than one third of the reduction of payments projected to occur under aca from 2012 through 2014 , effectively masking the first cuts until-mandated next year. a recent report by the kaiser family foundation warned more than half a million beneficiaries may have to switch plan arer m.a. returned to fee for service medicare in 2014 as a result of the aca. in addition to plant availability, questions are being raised about the possibility of rising cost and limited provider networks in the future as more aca-mandated cuts go into effect. like to thank our witnesses for being here today and i look forward to their testimony regarding how the aca will impact the medicare advantage program. thank you, and i yield the remainder of my time to representative burgess. >> i think the chairman for the re

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state that's already very conservative, manu. >> that's right. the thing that roberts is really getting hit on is that he supported kathleen sebelius, hhs secretary, she's, of course, a former kansas governor. he spoke highly of her when she was nominated. as soon as there was word of a primary challenger he really started to go after her. he opposes her. he calls on her to resign. that's part of the thing milton wolf is really seizing upon. saying this is an incumbent who has backed a lot of republican light policy. it'll be interesting to see how roberts can deal with that. it's a very, very conservative electorate in kansas. this will be -- could be a challenge for him. >> susan, i have a little sound, of course, i just want to play for you. just so we can get a flavor of who this guy is. >> a lot of people watching are going to say, wait a minute. second cousin once removed from president obama. and you're in the tea party? >> you know, they say you cannot choose your own family. but you can choose to rise up and stop your family from destroying america. that's what i intend to do. >> so, susan, yeah. wow. because of his relationship to presi

spoke with a hhs person yesterday reaching out to people with the glitches, reset the application and start again. reached out to stateral and congressman to get them on her side to get coverage. adam: talking about numbers of people enrolling, a million the government says enrolled. that doesn't mean they bought insurance yet which is the real issue, correct? >> that is the real issue. we get reports from hhs how many people are enrolled. typically the insurance industry counts you as enrolled once you pay the first month's premium. they're counting people who may or may not have yet paid their premiums. they're not enrolled until they write the check. adam: join the health club, get in shape for the new year you have to go there. >> bingo. tough to. thank you. adam: thank you, kate. coming up in the next half hour of "markets now," raising the roof, home prices are up more than hirt teen% year-over-year. -- 13%. we have a guest who says he knows when the price surge will end. lori: netflix for only 6.99 a month. there is a catch. why reed hastings may not see his money on deal like this one. adam: still time to get

hhs showing an enrollment surge. i don't know what else you could call it. in the first two months a total of 365,000 people selecting plans through a state orrel from a marketplace. and at the same time, a new poll showing the president in a large hole, to be real about where the country is at. if obama care continues on this improvement, at state and from a exchanges and over half a million people in medicaid, do you think those poll numbers go back up? >> well, of course, they do. i don't think the president is -- he's lost something permanently in terms of the trust that he has. but certainly, obama care's numbers go up and so do the president's as this thing starts to improve and i guess in a cynical way that may be why the republicans were willing to deal here so they could get back on to their favorite subject. i'm told in the caucus meeting this morning they went the entire hour without talking about repealing obama care. and you can imagine how painful that must have been for the republicans in that room to be away from their favorite subject for so long. >> and you said there's no progress. you know? i'm hearing progress all throughout the day. >> howev

partners under the umbrella of the state department with the leadership of the acting global aids coordinator. they're doing a terrific job. also, providing a variety of hhsets through dr. frieden and the terrific work of cdc and countries around the world, who are delivering this life-saving care. it is an amazing effort underway. we also have a number of critical health leaders here. and others who are helping to lead be domestic initiative. from -- who is part of the effort. we have our global health office. we will mention a bit about them. and credible research efforts are underway. i appreciate not only bill gates'leadership on the philanthropic front, but i appreciate his willingness to come and spend some time today with our cutting-edge scientists and researchers at nah. -- nih. he gave some inspirational words to those leaders. grant colfax has done an unbelievable job. he is coordinating this amazing effort. it really is a uniquely american effort where people are not fighting over turf. we're at the table together, locking arms and trying to figure out how we can go forward together. to those of you in the room today, who are here on the front

below hhs' original projection of 3 million enrolled in exchanges by december 31st, and at a pace of about 24,000 enrollments a day, it's slower than the administration might like for the 36 states on the federal exchange when you consider california on its own is enrolling over 20,000 a day. the president defended an 11th hour policy change for people whose plans were canceled, extending a hardship exemption from the individual mandate, giving them access to buy bare boned plans. he called it a safety net for those who may have slipped through the cracks, but insurers blasted the move. >> here we are once again changing the rules in the ninth inning. that creates confusion for consumers and creates uncertainty and challenges for companies that are trying to implement all of the new changes in the reform law that are going to be taking place in just a few weeks. >> insurers are are facing challenges. larry, monday is the deadline for people who want to sign up for coverage starting january 1st and insurers have to have a sprint to really turn those enrollments around quickly. >> yeah, we're going to get into this, a lot of unfairness between those who can buy the catastrophic an

hhs -- it has set the gold standard for the world. i am very proud of it. also, deborah and julia from the state department are here. they are leading our efforts to implement the blueprint and writing a brand-new chapter in the president's fight against aids. i also want to say a special thank you to bill gates. bill and i are -- we share a deep commitment to try to improve the lives of others. he is giving away billions of dollars and i am giving shorter speeches. it is about the match. there are so many really remarkable aids warriors assembled here. scientist and public servants, researchers and advocates. republicans and democrats. all of whom who have put ideology, partisanship, party, even nationstate aside. in the interest of trying to embrace a much larger, more important vision. a more global vision. by reaching across disciplines and different faiths, and reaching across the aisle and across world simultaneously, everybody has tapped into what we think are the deepest values of our country. they are shared by so many other countries and people around the world. one thing that has stood out on this issue f

really the work within hhs on hiv, really set the gold standards for the world, makes me verying very proud of that. i'm also glad that deborah and julia martin and john from the statetment are all here. they are leading our efforts to implement the blueprint writing a brand new chapter in the president's fight against aids. a special thank you to bill gates. bill and i are -- we share a deep commitment to try to improve lives of others, giving away billions of dollars, and i give shorter speeches. [laughter] that's about the match. there are so many remarkable aids warriors assembled here. scientists and public servants, researchers, and advocates, republicans, and democrats, all of whom put ideology, partisanship, party, and even nation state aside in the interest to try to embrace a much larger global vision, a universal vision, and by reaching across disciplines, states, across the aisle and across the world simultaneously, everybody here helped tap into what we like to think are the deepest value of the country, but happily are shared by so many other countries and so many other people around the world. one thing that has stood out on the issue of my point of v

states, that this information is not public again, i think it's very telling. jon: also remains to be seen how many people actually will pay because there are premiums attached to these policies. right? >> right. what hhssing is a standard that does not exist in the health care industry. what it is is people who have selected a plan but have not paid the first month's premium, which is when coverage normally starts and i think the big question will be, what kind -- will people be happy with this coverage? these are very narrow network plans, limited choice of physician, limited choice of hospitals and are they going to like it? i think it's more accurate to call it obama cade because it's close to medicaid and this is not what people expect from normal, private insurance. jon: also pretty heidi dedu deductible s which is going to shock a lot of people should they need to access their health care. thank you. >> thanks. arthel: extreme weather alert now. severe winter storm sweeping across the great plains and parts of the midwest over the weekend. the blizzard bringing fierce winds, ice and freezing temperatures to millions of people. in minnesota, authorities believe the weight of the snow from the sto

hhs secretary in a different health- care law. host: you talked about former i.t. projects. give some examples. guest: i was chairman of the i.t. committee and the state many years and we review these projects, whether it was at labor or medicaid or transportation project. a lot of failed i.t. projects at the end of the day. she does not have a good track record on these issues. healthcare.gov is a failed i.t. project. the real failure is the law. it is not just the website. at the end of the day, i think they're going to make some progress on that but it doesn't fix the law. host: we just saw the front page of the website and there's that deadline that has been met for people to be insured by january 1. what happens if people are still having problems by then? what do you think will be the white house response? guest: they will extend the deadline like everything else. they will say they will ignore that in the law. on does one get insurance december 23rd, supposedly, and somehow show up at the doctor and jennifer for storage in your second? it's not going to happen. it will not move that quickly -- it will not move that quickly. thing, you next big

hhs released a statement saying that approximately 364,000 americans have selected a plan through stateor federal exchange. is that correct? >> yes. you know 364,000, do how many of those individuals will actually have coverage in effect on january 1, 2014? >> once they pay their premium, they will have coverage in effect. >> so you don't know. these are the ones who just selected a plan that haven't paid their first payment on their premium. >> some may have paid, some may not. we are giving you the enrollment numbers. >> this is a critical statistic. it is clear hhs knows the number of americans who have put a plan in their shopping cart. your testimony includes data on the number of users who can use healthcare.gov simultaneously and the number of website hits. this most critical statistic, the number of americans who will actually have coverage effective january 1, do you have an estimate? 365,000 through the end of november have enrolled in coverage and we are dealing with the issuers to confirm or actual payment. >> would you define enrollment? define what you mean. >> we are givi

hhs secretary in a different health- care law. host: you talked about former i.t. projects. give some examples. guest: i was chairman of the i.t. committee and the state for many years and we review these projects, whether it was at labor or medicaid or transportation project. a lot of failed i.t. projects at the end of the day. she does not have a good track record on these issues. healthcare.gov is a failed i.t. project. the real failure is the law. it is not just the website. at the end of the day, i think they're going to make some progress on that but it doesn't fix the law. host: we just saw the front page of the website and there's that deadline that has been met for people to be insured by january 1. what happens if people are still having problems by then? what do you think will be the white house response? guest: they will extend the deadline like everything else. they will say they will ignore that in the law. on does one get insurance december 23rd, supposedly, and somehow show up at the doctor and jennifer for storage in your second? it's not going to happen. it will not move that quickly -- it will not move that quickly. thing, you next