First of all, we couldnt dealt with the debt of the existing medicaid, which is for women, the elderly, children, and the disabled. What Medicaid Expansion does is expand that to much more of the population, and i could argue for good reasons because theyre being served off in the emergency room and so forth, but the dilemma i had was this. In a very short period of time, i would have had to put a brand new democracy bureaucracy together at a time period that i couldnt meet. I knew i couldnt meet it. When my current bureaucracy couldnt handle medicaid cost overruns happening. In my state, it was 500 million over projections set forth by the Previous Legislature and previous governor. Over 500 million over projection. Thats out of a 20 billion budget. Thats a big hit. There went all my teacher raises right there. Infrastructure. So the Medicaid Expansion is, i think, one of the most difficult issues on governors plates right now. Let me tell you the other issue we are having, and that i
To hear your experience as youve dealt with those online exchanges. The phone lines are open. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media sites, on twitter, on facebook and on email. The story of the president s address and the problems the ongoing problems with the healthcare exchanges. Of thea front page atlanta journalconstitution. Over to the denver post. The front page of usa today calls for help for healthcare websites. That store noting that the white house yesterday signaled a shift in its tone in acknowledging the problems with the launch of the Affordable Care act. The front page of the i will readpost you a little bit of that post by amy goldstein. The front page of todays Washington Post. The speech is expected to take place at 11 25 today and you will be able to watch it here on cspan. We are taking your calls. What you want to hear the president say . What do you want to hear from that speech . Already getting a few comments on our Facebook Page alread
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