Governors of Alaska, Alabama and Arizona
Governors of California and Florida
Governors of Idaho, Indiana and Louisiana
Governors of Mississippi and Nebraska
Governors of North Dakota, Nevada and Rhode Island
Governors of South Carolina and Texas
Governor of Utah

Proposals in both the House and Senate would dramatically expand the Medicaid program, putting states on the hook for $35 billion in new budget liabilities - all at a time when states are struggling to balance their budgets.  This expansion would also severely handcuff states' ability to run their own programs and preempt state authority to manage Medicaid eligibility and benefits.  Here's what some of the governors had to say:

"All these mandates limit state control and flexibility to control the Medicaid program."
-Governor Sean Parnell of Alaska

"The current rush to overhaul the system will ultimately do more damage than good and create far more problems than it solves.  And unfortunately, Indiana would bear the brunt of many of the reckless policies being proposed."
-Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana

"Nevadans cannot afford more taxes. Now is not the time to place unfunded Medicaid or other mandates on the states."
-Governor Jim Gibbons of Nevada

"Mississippi, like so many states, simply can't afford to pick up the tab for another unfunded mandate passed by Congress."
-Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi

"Democrats in Congress have been busy tinkering with a Washington takeover of the health-care system, but perhaps they should look instead to the states for models of market-driven, patient-centered and quality-focused reform."
-Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota