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When he was in this office before me. i am very proud of the fact we have extended coverage to over 98% of our residents, 99.8% of children. more businesses are offering insurance to their employees today than before health care reform went into place. we are healthier by a host of measures. we are the model here in massachusetts for the affordable care act. our own health care reform polls consistently in the 60, 70% approval. the affordable care act in massachusetts about 50/50 and the same thing. i think it has a whole lot to do with how much better understood and how much better marketed o...

Also, the success we had in massachusetts was so instrumental in making politicians comfortable with what's they were about to undertake. >> professor mcdonagh, paul ryan is out there saying romney care in massachusetts is failing. is that true? or is it successful? >> well, it's actually proven right now to be quite successful. more than 98% of everyone in massachusetts has health insurance. about 99.8% of children have health insurance. but i think that the real litmus test is to do some political shorthand. so senator scott brown, our republican u.s. senator, strongly opposes the affordable...

Also, the success we had in massachusetts was so instrumental in making politicians comfortable with what's they were about to undertake. >> professor mcdonagh, paul ryan is out there saying romney care in massachusetts is failing. is that true? or is it successful? >> well, it's actually proven right now to be quite successful. more than 98% of everyone in massachusetts has health insurance. about 99.8% of children have health insurance. but i think that the real litmus test is to do some political shorthand. so senator scott brown, our republican u.s. senator, strongly opposes the affordable...

>> professor mcdonagh, paul ryan is out there saying romney care in massachusetts is failing. is that true? or is it successful? >> well, it's actually proven right now to be quite successful. more than 98% of everyone in massachusetts has health insurance. about 99.8% of children have health insurance. but i think that the real litmus test is to do some political shorthand. so senator scott brown, our republican u.s. senator, strongly opposes the affordable care act, and strongly supports massachusetts health reform. in 2006 and 2010, we had two hotly contested gubernatorial elections with we...

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 ...