insurance company. >> good evening, bret. the administration finally conceded it has little chance of signing up the millions left without insurance before the december 23rd deadline and is now imploring insurance companies to help them extend the deadline. >> all of those new announce mts from the obama administration about the january 1 enrollment indicates they know this was out of control now. >> we have seen this movie before. there is nothing about the rollout of the affordable care act for the past three years that didn't involve delays, waiving of rules, changing things in midstream. yesterday was just more of the same. >> for one thing the administration is requiring insurance companies to take payment through december 31st for policies taking effect the next day on january 1st. though determining who has actually signed up is still hard to verify. the administration also wants them to offer retroactive coverage for people who sign up after january 1st as long as they pay a premium sometime in