something like that knocked out in a week. jenna: you have that sort of problem, at least sort of fixed. at least it would give a cue to the public. right. jenna: talk about the report from the associated press which is quite technical, morgan and in what they re trying to explain, which is the issues ahead of the websites, when they launched and issues that also continue. what did you make in general of the associated press s reports? it is continue wages of my testimony, david kennedy s testimony, dr. chang s testimony and all of us who testified since then of the what we said even if you secure the main site, it is all these other connections to it that have to be secured, every site, every place thaw touch, personally identifiable information has to be secured. jenna, in that report, when is it acceptable when you have findings of high risks or extremely high-risk it is okay to launch this? this is majority of findings on many state websites prior to october 1st. they said they
of state websites and states in general are doing very, very well. so we are making progress. but i find it incredibly unseemly that at a time when our current health care system is dysfunctional, when we have 48 million people without any health insurance, we spend twice as much per person on health care as any other country. the only nation in the world that doesn t guarantee health care to all the people. all that the republicans can do is attack, attack, attack. and, in fact, really work overtime to make sure that this modest promo it is a modest promo doesn t succeed. imagine being a cheerleader so that people who are in desperate need of health insurance don t get it. that to me is just beyond comprehension. senator, how crucial was it to meet this deadline?
websites are doing as it searches for solutions to fix healthcare.gov? absolutely. we shared a lot of the information going in. i think that the hub feature we have in our website all states are using including the state of new york is fullly functional. that is good news for new york, california and others running their own state websites. but we are learning from them. we ve shared information with them and we, we are eager for all the help and assistance moving forward. thank you. similarly many states made the illogical choice rejecting medicaid expansion contained in the hca that would have help some of their poorest situations get access to health care situation. despite the fact that medicaid expansion is almost entirely financed by federal dollars. can you comment on hhs s plan in the future to encourage states to run their own marketplaces and expand medicaid as the law was designed? absolutely.
looked at what these state websites are doing as it searches for solutions to fix healthcare.gov. absolutely. we shared a lot of the information going in. i think that the hub feature that we have in our website that all states are using, including the state of new york, is fully functional and that s good news for new york and california and others who are running their own state websites. but we are learning from them. we ve shared information with them and we are eager for all the help and assistance moving forward. thank you. similarly, many states made the illogical choice of rejecting medicaid expansion contained in the aca that would help some of their poorest citizens get access to the health care situation. this is despite the fact that medicaid expansion is almost entirely financed by federal dollars. can you comment broadly on hhs plan in the future to encourage more states to run their own marketplaces and expand medicaid so that the law can function as designed?
success overcoming these initial issues, has hhs looked at what it s doing and getting solutions for fixing it? absolutely. we shared a lot of the information going in. i think that the hub feature that we have in our website that all stated are using, including the state of new york, is fully functional. and that s good news for the states running their own state websites. we are learning from them. we ve shared information with them. and we are eager for all of the help and assistant moving forward. many stated made the choice of rejecting medicaid expansion that would help some of the poor steps get access to the health care. can you comment broadly on hhs s plan in the future to encourage more states to run their own marketplaces and expand medicaid so the law can function as it s