november. what you hear about where things stand, even now in december, they re still going to be behind the eight ball a little bit. i don t think they re going to get to a million enrollees by the end of the year, but it s possible they re moving in the right direction. sure looks like it based on enrollment data, but i don t think they can throw something else and hope that it s a shiny metal object here. i think they ve got to clear the decks with health care. i think they ve got to make their staff all focused on getting it done. yes, i think the minimum wage is a pe tension wage for them, but i also think the republicans are going to cave quickly on this. they re not that stupid. one area where the president has taken a hit was on trust. americans were asked to rate the president on the qualities of being honest and straightforward. 37% said good, 43% said poor. if you look at january, his
touch with the high school and it s the center for the city, state, and federal government to assist those people that are worried. i m so sorry. we appreciate that. good information for folks to know if they re trying to figure out their next steps here. again, kennedy high school there in the area the resource. let s turn to obama care now. congresswoman he wielmers thank for joining us on that. 4.2 million people have gotten cancellation notices. despite good news it appears on the website itself, people say the issues go far beyond that. where do you think we go next? well, i ll tell you, shannon, the problem here is exactly what the president said, we can only go up from this point on. you know, obviously the website fix is not a success. we re still having trouble making sure that identities are verified and the insurance companies are having trouble getting the enrollment data. so, you know, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but really you hit the main point which are
health care? well, i certainly don t like the idea of not having the individual mandate going into place. i don t think that is right. i think senator manchin s suggestion is wrong. i do think if we can get the website up and running by the end of the month, we would do well. remember, march is the deadline, and it would give people time to enroll. as you point out, especially young people do have this tendency to wait to pretty close to the last minute before they re going to sign up. you know, this is not buying your you know, something you are really excited about buying, right? this is a chore for most folks. i was actually talking to somebody who works in the insurance industry. saying if you look all your enrollment data, when do people sign up? the chart will just go up. it spikes the day before. so pushing things back is only going to make it more difficult
month of october. other insurers said only the three and two other insurers that provided these letters to grassley and hatch said they were not able to provide any enrollment data. all of this comes as the white house is facing the subpoena from the house republicans saying we want this enrollment data by the end of today. at this point, as you know, the white house is sounding pretty cool to that idea. this was one of the interesting things we heard from president obama last night. clearly the white house is trying to find this fix for the people who like their plan, were not able to keep it, then they go onto the exchanges, they try to find a plan and it turns out that to get something comparable or that, would for them, they have to pay a whole lot more mobe. the white house, president obama, they want tonism fix this. yesterday we heard kathleen sebelius or just a short time ago today, she was in atlanta. did she give hints as to what they might be looking at or are
at hhs are working on administrative options for those people who find themselves in that position receiving cancellation letters after they were told if they liked their plan they can keep it. i talked with a senior administration official who said they are also not closing the door on legislative remedies if there are options up there on capitol hill that could perhaps cure some of this, they re willing to look at that, as well. one other thing that happened within the last ten, 15 minutes it, senators orrin hatch and chuck grassley just released letters provided to them by various insurance companies that provide coverage here in the washington, d.c. area. hatch and grassley asked insurers for their enrollment data for just the dc exchange. not every exchange around the country, just d.c. i have one of the letters from blue cross blue shield that says as of october 24th, blue cross blue shield care first here in washington has only received two enrollees for almost the entire