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Matter. the target is out of 100%, 38% have to be young and healthy. 38%. right now, the early data has it at 21.6% fitting into that category. as this number grows, this number has to grow and get closer to the target, because if they don't hit that target, then the math starts getting into trouble, according to congressional budget office, and that could put the whole program into a bit of a tail spin. >> thanks so much, tom forman. a california family of four murdered, bodies found in shallow graves. the mysteries about the deaths and disappearance next. ♪

Of 38% that needs to be reached for the math of all this to work. you have to have 38% of the people here young and healthy and right now, if you take all the states and average it out, you are at only 21.6%. these are the numbers that the white house has to look at very closely because even if you get four million signed up or 12 million signed up, if this number does not work out, you got a problem. >> tom foreman, thanks. let's bring in our political panel. editor in chief of the hot line for national journal, josh krassar, cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash and chief political...

State of louisiana this week. wenz, bruce green steen our secretary of health sent a letter to washington on behalf of his boss, governor bobby jindal refusing to set up a state runnen insurance exchange required by the affordable care act. thursday new orleans mayor mitch bran landrieu wroest jindal and greenstein reminding them of the critical health needs in our state and urging them to reconsider their position. then friday, the editors of the typically conservative new orleans times picayune weighed in with a letter to readers stating very clearly governor jindal is ignoring his people's ...

Of the total income in this country, and they pay 21.6% of the total taxes in this country. federal, state and local. and as you go down, you'll see, again, the numbers are pretty close among the income groups. at the very bottom, yes. they have -- the bottom 20% has 3.4% of the income. and they pay 2.1% of the taxes. but i think many of us would feel that that is certainly more than a fair proposition. >> i want to say, though, steve -- steve, you knew, though, i think you'd agree with me, there is a good ideological argument to make, mitt romney obviously was very clumsy and again negative a...

Who's not paying their fair share, if we look at the last chart for a second and you see a total of federal and state, you see that wealthy people here over on the right, the top 1%, they get 21% of the total income in this country and they pay 21.6% of the total taxes in this country, federal, state and local. and as you go down, you'll see the numbers are close among income groups at the very bottom, yes. they have -- the bottom 20% has 3.4% of the income and they pay 2.1% of the taxes. but i think many of us would feel that's certainly more than fair proposition. >> i want to say though, st...