A bipartisan group of 10 governors today urged Senate leaders not to consider legislation unveiled last week to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act. “As you continue to consider changes to the American health care system, we ask you not to consider the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson amendment and renew support for bipartisan efforts to make health care more available and affordable for all Americans,” wrote Govs. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), John Kasich (R-OH), Bill Walker (I-AK), Steve Bullock (D-MT), Tom Wolf (D-PA), Terence McAuliffe (D-VA), John Bel Edwards (D-LA), Brian Sandoval (R-NV), Charles Baker (R-MA), and Phil Scott (R-VT). “Only open, bipartisan approaches can achieve true, lasting reforms…We are hopeful that the [Health, Education, Labor & Pensions] committee, through an open process, can develop bipartisan legislation and we believe their efforts deserve support.”

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