Employers would have to pick up a substantial share of the cost of health care for low-income workers now covered by Medicaid.

In the summer and fall, they pick up a weekly share of crops.

New York law requires that these homeowners gradually pick up a larger share of the total tax burden.

Governors want the federal government to pick up a larger share of the costs, at least for some elderly and disabled people.

Industry has been forced to pick up a large share of the education process, by retraining students taught on outdated equipment.

Los Angeles also picked up a fair share of financial companies starting in the early part of 1900s.

Another reason for raising state taxes is the growing sense among voters that the affluent should pick up a bigger share of the tax burden.

The main Kurdish alliance is expected to pick up a substantial share of the seats in the national assembly, perhaps as many as a third.

Although the federal, state, and local government will be picking up a greater share of our health care tab, individual costs may also increase.

And in 2011, the plan will pick up a larger share of brand-name drug costs.