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Individuals receiving the care. and i would also respectfully suggest to you that another state flexibility model that is held up by many is the taniff program that has been extremely successful. so, there are different ways to do things. again, it ought to be -- it ought to be a collegial conversation that we have to lay out what the challenges are before us and working together to solve those challenges. and thats what id like to do. >> i was just trying to point out the inconsistency of sayin...

Exception of the mandate. didnt you say that to me yesterday? >> thats a fairly significant exception. >> well, but these people are old. they dont need to be mandated to get insurance. its not like a 27-year-old who doesnt think hes going to get sick. you dont need a mandate for people who are elderly. they have to have health insurance. so, the mandate is not as relevant, but didnt you admit to me that obamacare and private markets is very similar to what you were envisioning? didnt you use th...

The exception of the mandate. didnt you say that to me yesterday? >> thats a fairly significant exception. >> but these people are old. its not like a 27-year-old who doesnt think hes going to get sick. you dont need a mandate for people who are elderly. they have to have health insurance so the mandate is not as relevant but didnt you admit to me that obamacare and the private markets is similar to what youre envisions for medicare, didnt you use the phrase "pretty similar." >> there are some s...

Which is unique to the state of indiana. it encourages recipients of medicare dollars to get some ownership over their health. it uses private market insurance concepts to prepare hoosiers for more self-sufficiency. i happen to believe that it will be replicated in other states if we can accommodate that as we continue to work on new health care legislation, but its an important proof of concept that medicaid can be more efficient than a one size fits all approach. i just need some assurance fro...

Able to learn because theyre hungry and distracted. so we have to find a way that we make sure we respect what work and the best way is by letting states have the choice to decide, work in conjunction with the schools, with parents and with children to decide what goes on the table. >> isnt in the issue of federal government once again saying, you know what? when it comes to health care when it comes to i nutrition, we have this one size fits all approach and its not successful, and they dont al...

This is loser to a single payer system than where we are today f this isnt going to work and its not so far, then lets go back to giving state flexibility like ohio. let us make decisions about what is best, and open up the marketplace. >> what a novel idea let the states govern themselves i like that idea mary, thanks for joining us. great to have you. >> ill be back with closing thoughts right after this, stay with us. ♪ [ male announc ] your eyes. even at a distance of 10 mis... the length ...

>> that is not true. it is absolutely false. jon: lets hear it from the governor and well get back to you. >> i want state flexibility to craft programs in a way that is best for each state. this idea that the federal government telling states what to do in my opinion is the wrong way to go. but my, my focus is on increasing work requirements, not eliminating them. what the president is doing is saying were going to take out the requirement for work. its a big mistake. jon: you disagree with tha...

Legislature he vetoed legislation that would have weakened the work requirement. im not quite sure about that. i do think the ad is correct. when people say that governor romney in 2005 signed a letter saying that he wanted some state flexibility all of those republican governors who asked for that in 2005, and this gets sort of to the crux of this. they werent asking for waivers of the work requirements, they were asking for flexibility in actually implementing a lot of some of the federal mone...

store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we cant do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what ha...

Hes got a big problem, because obamacare is modeled after romneycare. theyre both reasonable health care plans and they both do allow a lot of state flexibility. >> i can hear the ads right now. i have them in my head, right? lets just do a little more from romney yesterday. here we go. >> federal government isnt the answer for running health care any more than its the answer for running amtrak or the post office. obamacare is bad law constitutionally, its bad policy, its bad for american famili...