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98.2% of our overall population. as i say, our health care, our health outcomes are better. more businesses offering insurance. and it has not been a budget buster. the expansion, itself, added 1% to state spending. that's another myth about the affordable care act. in fact, the expansion is paid for by the federal government. and it's paid for by the federal government because it's a recognition that health is a public good. and everybody ought to have access to that care. >> deval pat rick, thank you very much. thanks for being with us today. >> great to be with you. up next, we have west ...

Rising out of control. we are, as you said, first of all, we reached nearly every individual, 98.2% of our residents have insurance and 99.8% of children and i don't think there's another state that can touch that. we are healthier, as well and there are all kind of independent indicators with the number of cancer screenings and the reduction in cancer rates to smoking cessation. more businesses are offering insurance to their employees and frankly, premium increases have slowed and we were around 17% on average a couple of years ago. it's less than 2% today and on some products, the premiums ...

Question russia meddled. he's not believing his secretary of state, rex tillerson, who says that the russian election meddling created serious mistrust. he's not believing former director of national intelligence, james clapper, who said there has never been a case of election interference more aggressive. he's not believing former c.i.a. director michael hayden, who says russia's election meddling was the most successful covert operation in history. nor is he believing former c.i.a. acting director michael morell. who called the russian med toll help trump, the political equivalent of 9/11. t...