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The president said doesn't make sense to put more people in the medicaid program without reforming the program. he was right in 2009. we have offered multiple times to meet with the president. we've offered to give flexibility on eligibility, benefit design, premium assistance, not a one size fits all approach. in louisiana alone, as many as 180,000 people would be moved from private insurance to medicaid under this expansion. that doesn't make sense. not effective outcomes, not efficient program. we've offered to meet with the president. he's yet to respond us. there's opportunities on a bipa...

>> you think it will happen? >> i'm optimistic about this. >> all right. mr. secretary, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. >> and coming up later in the program our political round az table. analysis from the fallout from the sequester debate and how it can affect the economy and markets. first the nation's governors are meeting this weekend here in washington. we have 2011 them meeting here this morning for a debate. the chairman of the republican governors association, louisiana's bobby jindal and democratic governor of massachusetts, deval patrick. how are the states taking on the bi...

Tighten their belts and do more than less. we're talking less than 3%. we're talking about a federal budget that's still going to grow. let's be clear about this, only in washington, d.c. is that a cut. you ask any american is there at least 3% of the federal budget wasted today. in the department of transportation, members of congress point out hundreds of millions of dollars on consulting contracts, on travel. let's not cut the air traffic controllers first, let's cut the waste. one thing ray said i do agree with, let's give them the ability to shift those dollars, give them real priorities,...

Their state. it will cost louisiana taxpayers over a billion dollars in the next years. the president said doesn't make sense to put more people in the medicaid program without reforming the program. he was right in 2009. we have offered multiple times to meet with the president. we've offered to give flexibility on eligibility, benefit design, premium assistance, not a one size fits all approach. in louisiana alone, as many as 180,000 people would be moved from private insurance to medicaid under this expansion. that doesn't make sense. not effective outcomes, not efficient program. we've off...

>> and coming up later in the program our political round az table. analysis from the fallout from the sequester debate and how it can affect the economy and markets. first the nation's governors are meeting this weekend here in washington. we have 2011 them meeting here this morning for a debate. the chairman of the republican governors association, louisiana's bobby jindal and democratic governor of massachusetts, deval patrick. how are the states taking on the big issues that washington is debating? from the budget to gun roll, health care and abortion. governor jindal, governor patrick, we...