monday. joining the crowd, president obama, whose staff signed him up over the weekend. in a move that was entirely symbolic, since he uses military doctors. the president sounded a positive note friday about the overall pace of enrollment so far. >> since october 1st, more than one million americans have selected new health insurance plans through the federal and state marketplaces. >> reporter: while the president said more than half a million people signed up through healthcare.gov in the first three weeks of december alone, enrollment is still far short of the 3.3 million the government expected by this time. meanwhile, members of the president's own party continue their push to delay until 2015 fines for people who don't buy insurance by the end of march. >> the end of the day, if it's so much more expensive than what we anticipated and that the coverage is not as good as what we've had, you've got a complete meltdown at that time. so this transitional year gives you a chance to adjust the products to the market. >> reporter: the administration offered a reprieve last week to