Governors fear ObamaCare

The New York Times is looking into the cost of ObamaCare, and its reporter Clifford Krauss spoke with Washington's Democratic governor Christine Gregoire:

The governors worry Congress will give the states expensive new Medicaid obligations without providing enough new money to pay for them.

"We can't afford to have Congress raise the eligibility for Medicaid coverage without paying for it," Ms. Gregoire said in an interview.

If anything, the states' fears were stoked further last week when House lawmakers drafting health legislation reached a cost compromise with conservative Blue Dog Democrats that would force states to take on a greater Medicaid spending burden than an earlier version of the bill.

"This is profoundly disappointing and makes a bad situation much worse," said Doug Porter, Washington State’s Medicaid director.

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