Governors call for rejection of latest bid to repeal ACA

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, joined a bipartisan group of 10 governors Tuesday in co-authoring a letter to Senate leadership that urges the rejection of the latest efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., implores them to refuse consideration of the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Amendment and calls on them to "renew support for bipartisan efforts to make health care more available and affordable for all Americans."

"Only open, bipartisan approaches can achieve true, lasting reforms," the governors write.

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