Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D) denied that his state's Obamacare insurance exchange is a "mess" on Fox News Sunday.
Host Chris Wallace pressed Shumlin on whether Vermont small businesses are able to sign up, given that the back-end of the state exchange has yet to be finished.
Vermont requires businesses with fewer than 50 employees to buy insurance through the government run marketplaces.
Shumlin deflected, replying "small businesses can't sign up on the exchange, individuals have. We've gotten everybody in."
Ful exchange:
CHRIS WALLACE: Governor Shumlin, Vermont's exchange, I think it's fair to say, has been a mess.
PETER SHUMLIN: Well, no it hasn't.
WALLACE: Let me just finish. I mean, there's been big problems with both small businesses and individuals trying to sign up, no?
SHUMLIN: No. Listen --
WALLACE: No?
SHUMLIN: There isn't an exchange in the country that hasn't had a challenge of the rollout, we acknowledge that, but Vermont happens to be the state that has signed up more people per capita for affordable healthcare than any other state in the nation, including the federal exchange, so, you know, you've got to keep all this in context. Listen, here's the point.
WALLACE: Aren't small businesses still having a problem because the back end hasn't been built?
SHUMLIN: Small businesses can't sign up on the exchange, individuals have. We've gotten everybody in. […]
Full interview: