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Changes? >> democrats are anxious. there is no doubt about it. the big theme of this year and it is whether it can retain the senate. that didnt look as good as around the government shutdown. a lot of democrats want to fix it, but the white house has been resistant to even some senate democrats who are in tough re-elections who want a legislative change. that has lead to friction, greg. >> it is no secret that there are more democratic seats up for grabs in the election in the midterms. how do ...

People who declined to purchase coverage through obamacare did so because it was too expensive. >> right. >> for them to sign up. so i mean, if youre an average american out there and your tax dollars are going to this trillion-plus dollar program, you have to be wondering with higher costs and dropped coverage and were barely taking a bite out of the uninsured problem, what did we pass this law to do? >> yeah, and a lot of people maybe deciding theyre going to pay the fine because in many cases...

Of life and i will always err on the side of life as a governor and president of the united states. >> brett: i have another question for you, texas has the most uninsured residents of any state in the country, 25%. in the last debate you blamed it on restrictions imposed by the federal government, but we checked about that, sir. in fact, the feds treat texas like they do all the other big states. on its own, texas has imposed some of the toughest eligibility rules for medicaid. in fact you rank...

Of life and i will always err on the side of life as a governor and president of the united states. >> brett: i have another question for you, texas has the most uninsured residents of any state in the country, 25%. in the last debate you blamed it on restrictions imposed by the federal government, but we checked about that, sir. in fact, the feds treat texas like they do all the other big states. on its own, texas has imposed some of the toughest eligibility rules for medicaid. in fact you rank...

The feds treat texas like they do all the other big states. on its own, on its own, texas has imposed some of the tough he eligibility rules for medicaid of any state in the country in fact, you rank 49th, in medicaid coverage of low income residents. the question is, isnt texas uninsured problem because of decisions made biotech as? >> i disagree with your analysis. weve had a request in for the federal government we could have a medicaid waiver for years. the federal government has stopped us ...

Do all the other big states. on its own, on its own, texas has imposed some of the tough he eligibility rules for medicaid of any state in the country in fact, you rank 49th, in medicaid coverage of low income residents. the question is, isnt texas uninsured problem because of decisions made biotech as? >> i disagree with your analysis. weve had a request in for the federal government so we could have a medicaid waiver for years. the federal government has stopped us from having that medicaid wa...

The feds treat texas like they do all the other big states. on its own, on its own, texas has imposed some of the tough he eligibility rules for medicaid of any state in the country in fact, you rank 49th, in medicaid coverage of low income residents. the question is, isnt texas uninsured problem because of decisions made biotech as? >> i disagree with your analysis. weve had a request in for the federal government so we could have a medicaid waiver for years. the federal government has stopped ...