>> OBAMACARE HAS BEEN A SOURCE SUBJECT FOR DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR NATIONAL ELECTIONS.

BUT IN ILLINOIS TODAY GOVERNOR QUINN GOT COMPLETELY BEHIND THE LAW ANNOUNCING 700,000 ILLINOISANS HAD SIGNED UP FOR COVERED IN THE FIRST YEAR BUT INACTION IN SPRINGFIELD MAY CAUSE A STATE TO LOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN HEALTHCARE DOLLARS AND PARIS SCHUTZ EXPLAINS.

>> 685,000 ILLINOISANS HAVE COVERAGE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT BREAKS DOWN TO 468,000 NEW MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

MEDICAID'S ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WERE RELAXED SO THE PROGRAM EXPANDED.

ALSO 217,000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP THROUGH THE NEW HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE EXCHANGES.

GOVERNOR QUINN TOUTED THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AS A SUCCESS DESPITE THE EARLY PROBLEMS WITH THE HEALTHCARE.GOV WEBSITE.

>> WE LEARN AS WE GO ALONG.

IF MISTAKES WERE MADE ALONG THE WAY WE WANT TO CORRECT THOSE MISTAKES.

THIS ENROLLMENT PERIOD WILL GO THROUGH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S IT WILL GO EVEN THROUGH THE SUPER BOWL IT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO FEBRUARY 15.

>> THE GOVERNOR IS REFERRING TO THE COMING ENROLLMENT PERIOD IT IS THE SECOND YEAR WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP.

HE WANTS TO GET 1 MILLION PEOPLE.

REMEMBER, THIS YEAR PENALTIES FOR NOT CARING HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING TO GO WAY UP.

THIS PREVIOUS YEAR WAS $95 OR ONE PERCENT OF THE PERSONS WAGES.

IN THE COMING YEAR IT WILL BE $325 OR TWO PERCENT OF A PERSONS WAGES.

>> WHY WITH THAT MONEY POTENTIALLY DRY UP?

>> IN THE UNITED STATES DIFFERENT STATES HAVE DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE EXCHANGES.

SOME STATES DECIDED TO RUN THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW.

OTHER STATES WANTED TO OPT OUT OF THE LAW SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD TO RUN THEIR EXCHANGES.

ILLINOIS COULD NOT AGREE ON RUNNING ITS OWN HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE SO IT IS IN THIS JOINT STATE FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP WHERE THEY ARE BOTH RUNNING THE EXCHANGE.

THE STATE EVENTUALLY WANTS TO CREATE ITS OWN STATE RUNNING EXCHANGE THIS IS THE LAST YEAR IT CAN DO IT AND HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY ALL THE COSTS TO BUILD IT AND THAT'S GOING TO COST UPWARDS OF $100 MILLION.

IT IS ON ITS OWN TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT.

FORBES WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK INSIDE OBAMACARE BRUCE JEPSON SAYS THE STATE MIGHT HAVE DONE BETTER USING ITS OWN EXCHANGE.

>> THE STATES THAT FULLY RAIN THEIR OWN EXCHANGES BY AND LARGE THEY HAD PEOPLE SIGNING UP LEFT AND RIGHT TO THE WHOLE SIX MONTH ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

IN ILLINOIS BECAUSE THEY DID RELY ON THE FEDERAL EXCHANGE WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF MAYBE SOME PEOPLE GOT FRUSTRATED AND SAID I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN UP SO THERE COULD HAVE BEEN ACCESS ISSUES.

AS LONG AS THE STATE ISN'T FULLY HAVE CONTROL OF ITS EXCHANGE, THEN YOU LOSE CONTROL.

>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HUGE DEAL RIGHT NOW WHETHER YOU HAVE A STATE RUN EXCHANGE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RUN EXCHANGE BUT FOR THE FACT THERE ARE SEVERAL FEDERAL COURT CASES WHERE JUDGES HAVE ROLLED THAT STATES THAT DO NOT RUN THEIR OWN EXCHANGE CANNOT IT FEDERAL TAX SUBSIDIES.

IF THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES TO HEAR THIS AND RULE IN THE FAVOR OF THOSE THAT ARE SUING OBAMACARE, THEN THE STATE COULD LOSE OUT ON HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REIMBURSEMENT AND THAT MEANS ENROLLEES COULD SEE THEIR PREMIUMS GO WAY UP.

GOVERNOR QUINN WOULD BE OPEN TO THE STATE PASSING A BILL TO CREATE A STATE RUN EXCHANGE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THE WEEK LONG LEGISLATIVE VETO SESSION IS NOVEMBER.

>> IT PASSED THE SENATE.

THE HOUSE HAS TO STILL CONSIDER IT.

THAT COULD HAPPEN.

OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE AFTER AFTER NOVEMBER 19 WHEN THE LEGISLATURE RESUMES.

WHETHER IT IS A PARTNERSHIP AS WE HAVE NOW OR STATE RUN PROGRAMS STATE RUN EXCHANGE, EITHER WAY OUR JOB IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN HEALTH COVERAGE IN OUR STATE.

>> PARIS, YOU MENTIONED OTHER STATES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR STATE RUN HEALTH EXCHANGES UP AND RUNNING WHY HASN'T ILLINOIS AND ABLE TO?

>> LAWMAKERS HAVEN'T COME TO CONSENSUS ON HOW TO DO IT, ONE STICKING POINT IS THERE HAS TO BE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT INTERESTS JOCKEYING FOR THE POSITION THERE ARE INTEREST CLOSER TO INSURANCE COMPANIES AND CLOSER TO CONSUMER ADVOCATES I WANT A PIECE OF THE PIE SO THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK THAT UP.