Recipients would continue to rely on Medicaid to fill the significant gaps in coverage under the new plan.

Technically, the basketball program can't even rely on alumni to fill the seats.

Consequently, the country relies on foreign aid to fill gaps in its balance of payments.

And they continued to rely on the thrift shop to fill holes in their budget.

That means any theater in Rockaway must rely mostly on local residents to fill the house - a chance no one has wanted to take.

New York's jazz bookers rely on proven names to fill clubs.

Companies relied on workers to fill job openings by recruiting family members.

But some economists worry about relying on foreign workers to fill the software gap.

They no longer rely on outside air to fill the bladder, but have special glands for manufacturing gas.

So it seems unfair to rely on a handful of states to fill the gaps left by the federal abdication.