White House takes pitch for healthcare bill to US governors

Bloomberg

The Trump administration took its case directly to US governors that the pending Senate health-care bill won’t hurt their residents with insurance, even as critics say it will cut billions in funding and leave millions more people without coverage.
“You listen to one side, and they said, ‘Your funding’s not going to be decreased,”‘ said Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, a Republican. “You listen to the other side, and you hear that you’re going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. As a governor, it’s incumbent upon me to sort that out.’’ Sandoval spoke to reporters after a closed-door session with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Seema Verna, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “I have to be convinced that shaking that Etch A Sketch now for the people in Nevada, are they going to be in a better position?’’ he said.
Nevada senator Dean Heller, a Republican up for re-election in 2018 in a state that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election, is seen as a key vote on the bill.
Vice President Mike Pence spoke to National Governors Association summer gathering and also lobbied governors privately on the bill. President Donald Trump tweeted about the Senate measure four times. The White House is attempting to win over governors, especially Republicans such as Sandoval who expanded Medicaid in their states.