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Article: Democratic governors not all onboard on health reform; Medicaid cost feared as unfunded mandate.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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Byline: Donald Lambro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When the nation's 28 Democratic governors were asked to send a letter to congressional leaders last month expressing their support for health care reform, seven refused to sign the letter and even some who did complained that the pending reform plans could hit them with budget-busting expenses.
The big concern among the holdouts is that the health care overhaul will leave them on the hook to pay for expansions in Medicaid programs for the poor while Washington reaps the political credit.
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, one of those who declined to sign the letter, has been perhaps the party's sharpest ...