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People now covered, almost to the universal point in massachusetts, four out of five of the newly insured are heavily subsidized by the state. they have got either low cost or no cost plans under romney care. >> bill: that's what will happen under obama care. >> that's why you had massachusetts going bankrupt, sagging under the new weight of these health care costs. keep in mind massachusetts total health care spending as share of the business 16% in the mid 1980s, today it's 40%. the national state average is about 25%. so you can see how romney care has just exploded the budget. >> another g...

Insurance. >> yes. >> is that effective? >> the truth is that romney care was built on two principles, universal coverage and the individual mandate which is what president obama and his team used as the item plate for obama care. even though you do have far more people now covered, almost to the universal point in massachusetts, four out of five of the newly insured are heavily subsidized by the state. they have got either low cost or no cost plans under romney care. >> bill: that's what will happen under obama care. >> that's why you had massachusetts going bankrupt, sagging under the new we...

People now covered, almost to the universal point in massachusetts, four out of five of the newly insured are heavily subsidized by the state. they have got either low cost or no cost plans under romney care. >> bill: that's what will happen under obama care. >> that's why you had massachusetts going bankrupt, sagging under the new weight of these health care costs. keep in mind massachusetts total health care spending as share of the business 16% in the mid 1980s, today it's 40%. the national state average is about 25%. so you can see how romney care has just exploded the budget. >> another g...

Too high a cost to the environment. dan springer with the news. he is live tonight from our northwest newsroom, dan? >> hey, trace, cascade locks is one of those old small logging towns population over a thousand, struggling with the economy. high unemployment. 1%. double the state average. so 50 jobs may not sound like a lot but they really do matter. in fact, if this plant goes in, then necessarily would instantly become the state's -- the city's biggest employer and taxpayer generating a million dollars a year and that night allow them to reopen the high school which was closed last fall du...

Big boost. first of all, the $50 million plant would bring construction jobs, then there would be 50 permanent jobs, and that may not sound like a lot, but in a town of only about 1,030 people, it would be the largest employer in the city. it would bring in about a million dollars a year in tax revenue, they might be able to reopen the high school which had to close because of lack of a tax base. the town's elected leaders say there is plenty of water, it rains about 80inchs and a year, and that resource can help lift the entire city. >> it is the public's water, and the money that will be mad...