Dominating a weekend meeting of the National Governors Association was discussion about the health-care reform proposal being debated by Congress, with governors including New Mexico’s Bill Richardson expressing concern about unfunded mandates, according to the New York Times.
The governors expressed fear “that Washington was about to hand them expensive new Medicaid obligations without money to pay for them,” the Times article states.
“I’m personally very concerned about the cost issue, particularly the $1 trillion figures being batted around,” Richardson was quoted as saying.