Carney Ducks Question About Potential Taxpayer Bailout of Insurance Companies

CARNEY: “Fred, I think what you have seen in the data that's been released is that there has been steady and significant increases in enrollments, especially in December, and that includes an even quicker increase in the enrollments of young people under 35, and we expect that will continue. In fact, the data that was released by CMS tracks very closely with the way that the Massachusetts health insurance reform program unrolled upon implementation, and that includes, as it relates to the percentage of young people who enrolled. So we're encouraged by the data we've seen, but we obviously created a lot of obstacles for ourselves in the implementation of the ACA marketplaces with the faulty rollout of the HealthCare.gov website. Significant improvements have been made. I think proof of that is that there's so little reporting on those improvements, so we're going at it. We're not [INDECIPHERABLE]. The deadline is March 31st and we look forward to continuing to see increases in enrollments including young Americans.”