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And wouldn't get the coverage rate they need if they didn't make it mandatory. what do you think is going to happen rolling out here now that 50 states have an option of taking on this new medicaid provision which involves after the first three years, a 10% cost sharing for them, 10% might sound like not too much money, but in some states it's billions of dollars. >> in the long run what will happen is every state will participate and the question is, between now and then, as chuck today said, the single most important issue to republican voters is the health care law. even if mitt romney lose...

Health care, so there's a lot of stuff in this bill that's going to work out very, very well. there's some things, the expenses are going to have to be dealt with down the road, but this is a big step forward. >> and we should point out that the medicare expansion is going to be paid for with federal funds the first three years 100%.ç >> yes, medicaid. >> medicaid, medicaid. >> i'd like to hear what george says about this, because this is a critical piece, and i think congress is going to have to deal with that. that's the one thing i worry about. >> the medicaid expansion, 100% paid for the...

Says about this, because this is a critical piece, and i think congress is going to have to deal with that. that's the one thing i worry about. >> the medicaid expansion, 100% paid for the first three years. >> then it goes down to 90%. >>ruju are republicans going to say no to that money? >> i don't think they are. this is the highest cost sharing they've had from the federal government in history, and i think very clearly that this is very helpful to the governors getting these people covered, because otherwise these unreimbursed costs are laid off on to the state taxpayer or to the hospital...

>> hickenlooper says there will be a partnership with the federal government with some cost sharing. north of denver, the high park fire is burning near fort collins. 257 homes and 87,000 acres have been destroyed. more than a dozen vacation spots are closed. there is concern over colorado i'lcolorado's $5 billion tourist industry. some of the rafting companies that would normally run trips along the river are helping firefighters get across the inaccessible areas for mop-up operation. on top of this, there is a primary today. some of the people who had to be evacuated had to go get new mail-i...

They pay for those who are sick. it's kind of like cost sharing. that's why we call it an entitlement but if the mandate is struck, we're going to have something called the insurance death spiral. let me explain that. the mandate by bringing in money for the insurance companies allows them to keep the premiums. at least at a semireasonable rate. if you strike that mandate, they're going to end up raising the premiums. some experts say by 10% to 30% in order to cover all the pre-existing conditions, all the bells and whistles. no lifetime limits and people will wait until they get really sick. ...