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The president said doesnt make sense to put more people in the medicaid program without reforming the program. he was right in 2009. we have offered multiple times to meet with the president. weve offered to give flexibility on eligibility, benefit design, premium assistance, not a one size fits all approach. in louisiana alone, as many as 180,000 people would be moved from private insurance to medicaid under this expansion. that doesnt make sense. not effective outcomes, not efficient program. ...

>> you think it will happen? >> im optimistic about this. >> all right. mr. secretary, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. >> and coming up later in the program our political round az table. analysis from the fallout from the sequester debate and how it can affect the economy and markets. first the nations governors are meeting this weekend here in washington. we have 2011 them meeting here this morning for a debate. the chairman of the republican governors association, louisianas bobby ji...

Tighten their belts and do more than less. were talking less than 3%. were talking about a federal budget thats still going to grow. lets be clear about this, only in washington, d.c. is that a cut. you ask any american is there at least 3% of the federal budget wasted today. in the department of transportation, members of congress point out hundreds of millions of dollars on consulting contracts, on travel. lets not cut the air traffic controllers first, lets cut the waste. one thing ray said i...

Their state. it will cost louisiana taxpayers over a billion dollars in the next years. the president said doesnt make sense to put more people in the medicaid program without reforming the program. he was right in 2009. we have offered multiple times to meet with the president. weve offered to give flexibility on eligibility, benefit design, premium assistance, not a one size fits all approach. in louisiana alone, as many as 180,000 people would be moved from private insurance to medicaid under...

>> and coming up later in the program our political round az table. analysis from the fallout from the sequester debate and how it can affect the economy and markets. first the nations governors are meeting this weekend here in washington. we have 2011 them meeting here this morning for a debate. the chairman of the republican governors association, louisianas bobby jindal and democratic governor of massachusetts, deval patrick. how are the states taking on the big issues that washington is deba...

Us to the point where were really making progress. i think it will happen. i really do. >> you think it will happen? >> im optimistic about this. >> all right. mr. secretary, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. >> and coming up later in the program our political roundtable. analysis from the fallout from the sequester debate and how it can affect the economy and markets. first the nations governors are meeting this weekend here in washington. we have two of them meeting here this morning f...

Cutting a program thats started yet, just delay -- >> governor patrick, im looking at our sheet here. more than 60,000 cuts with the department of defense and non-department of defense in your state alone, job losses because of sequestration. >> this is about growth, always about growth from the presidents perspective and ought to be about growth from the american peoples perspective and all of our point of view. government has a role to play in that. the president understands that. ive listened...

Theres opportunities on a bipartisan basis to reform for this program for those governors who are expanding and not expanding. i do believe everybody in america has access to affordable hillary clinton. i agree with what the president said in 2009. doesnt make sense to put more people without expanding it, reforming it. >> governor? >> national health care is based on our own experiment in massachusetts. its been wildly successful. over 98% of our residents have access to medicare, 99.3% of chil...