The index looks at economic conditions three to six months out.

该指数展望三到六个月的经济局势。

So if it's taking them a very long time, it means the conditions out there are not very good.

如果他们花了很长时间，这意味着那个地方的条件不是很好。

It has coined it's outlook as the winter of the great divide, calling for cold and snowy conditions up north, warm and dry conditions out west.

它把今年的冬天描绘成一个分水岭，北部寒冷多雪，西部温暖干燥。

Well, basically, the basic part of this was that the individual health insurance system didn't work. It kept a lot of people with preexisting health conditions out.

好吧，基本上，这其中的基本部分是个人健康保险系统不起作用。它让很多有既往健康状况的人无法进入。