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The president's -- paralyzed topping the agenda has governors gather in Virginia and right now Peter Barnes is -- and I -- there what is governors want to do about it.
The health care -- on the supreme Bart.
Rather big piece of that Cheryl for the governors is Medicaid and as you know the Supreme Court last month said that the federal government could not.
Penalize states if they did not expand Medicaid as President Obama wanted to do in his Health Care Reform plan and right now we have a seven a Republican it after this now there ought to decide whether to opt dinner opt out.
Seven Republican governors according to USA today.
Oppose.
Thank expanding at -- opting out fourteen Democrats say they want to implement it.
And 29 others including 42 Republicans are still looking -- all over but we're getting.
Partisan battle about what to do about Medicaid here at the our governors conference take a lesson.
It's unaffordable unsustainable.
And we don't -- -- buy into it because if you do then it's you're required under maintenance of effort to pick it up.
If we -- -- drug are at least make these false promises before.
We pay more for our insurance that we really should.
For the cost of uncompensated care so when we look at -- for the folks of Delaware we believe that it it's it's a good deal.
For us to -- expand expand Medicaid.
By governor mark -- actually added that the state is looking over the law carefully because quote it does not want to be left holding the bag.
If the federal government.
Ends up reducing its funding for the states Carol.
All right interesting gathering certainly in these times Peter Barnes -- -- -- and dig out the -- -- Fox Business -- thank you.
