51.   Gangi, who said he had heard nothing official from DTE, said a ruling in favor of Bell Atlantic would run counter to what other states have done.

52.   George Welch, director of the fund that paid Bell, admitted the state did not do a good job.

53.   Gov. Hugh Carey, a Democrat, was the first to propose that the state assume the full local share of Medicaid, as most states do.

54.   Gross also noted that most states have done an inadequate job of trying to inform poor elderly who may qualify for Medicaid about the program.

55.   He also said states must do a better job of tracking down eligible children who have not yet enrolled.

56.   He has proposed the bill with mandates, believing adamantly that without a requirement to improve their voting systems, some states would do nothing.

57.   He said a state like New York faced higher costs and some health problems, such as AIDS, that other states did not.

58.   He said that only the state Legislature can do it.

59.   He said the state must do something soon to rebuild its roads, bridges and schools.

60.   He said he could have gone even lower, as other states have done.