No, you eliminate all the subsidy plus ask 95 percent of the counties to pay more than 100 percent of their actual cost. So, they are being asked to--and I forget what the actual average is, something like $130 a month--there are significant parts of the country where the actual costs are less than $100 a month.
Discussing the impact of subsidy elimination on county costs.
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