on board, including democrats. we need governors involved, i for one have called governors on both sides of the aisle including my own and those from other states. delaware wants to stay the status quo, that should be what the governor and legislature and people of delaware decide. if louisiana said we can t include the premiums on the individual market, let us do something different. it should not be for us to decide. it should be for the people of the state to decide. gillian: let s begin alan smith to walk us through this. he s a politics reporter for business insider. good evening. thank you for having me on. gillian: thanks for joining us. it seems capitol hill is set came up with the issue on the healthcare issu. it s important to keep in mind that state government has an important role to play on this issue in the vote itself. can you break that down? if you look at where governors are having the most of
lose some of that coverage in the swells on the shoulder of the governor. absolutely. that s why have a governor like governor k-6 in ohio and nevada. very vocally being against the legislation. strictly because the effect on medicaid. they took the medicaid expansion. unless you see the medicaid portion of the bill changed their cutting the growth in medicaid, not necessarily cutting the medicaid spending but the growth in the spending. it will not be tied directly to the increase in medical costs. the state are saying will receive less money in the future that were supposed to, that will be a popular and we don t support that. we want to see something change on the medicaid front before we reconsider if are in favor of the bill. that medicaid expanded coverage is tripping up gop tonight. alan, thank you for joining us. thank you for having me on. eric: meanwhile, protesters