From the Wall Street Journal:

“Most of what’s called health-care reform can be done at the state level,” Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri, a Republican, said on Sunday on the sidelines of an annual winter gathering of the National Governors Association here.

The three-day meeting, which ends on Monday, is addressing state budgets and economic development, among other issues. But governors listed an overhaul of the health-care system as a top priority for discussion.

A few states, such as Massachusetts, have sought their own solutions to address problems with the health-care system. More states appear to be pushing to take the initiative now, however, as they grapple with continued budget shortfalls, a big part of which is due to rising health-care costs, and as federal efforts to overhaul the country’s health-care system have faltered.

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