Congressman André Carson has responded to the recent letter from Governor Mitch Daniels to the Indiana delegation regarding health care reform pressing the case for comprehensive reform.

Carson takes issue with a number of points made by the governor including a concern about passing the cost of health care reform to the states.  Says Rep. Carson, “Pushing unfunded mandates onto states was a bad habit of the previous presidential administration, and I do not want to see a repeat of that with health reform.”  Carson says he spoke out against an amendment that would require states to pick up 10% of the cost of new Medicaid enrollees.

Carson also says the effect on the Healthy Indiana Plan is difficult to determine.