elections. he said democrats should forcefully defend and embrace the law. >> i don't think we should apologize for it or be defensive about it. i think there is a strong good life story to tell. >> reporter: he cite sized the dozens of states that didn't accept and expand medicaid, and those states say they simply couldn't afford it. bill: there are a number of critics who say the numbers don't tell the whole story. >> we have conscious at republican who say the law isn't working. we also heard from state insurance commissioners who said what about the 6 million americans who received cancellation notices in the mail because their plans didn't comply with the affordable care snact and commissioners say they remain sceptical about the young folks who the president said signed up. >> we don't know how many of those who signed up paid the