Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter asking other governors to join him in an ongoing effort to assert the constitutional rights of states as guaranteed under the 10th Amendment with regard to the federal health care bill being forced through by Congress.

He urged the governors to support and join efforts by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and several other state attorneys general to determine the constitutionality of a compromise in the pending federal health care legislation exempting the state of Nebraska from increased Medicaid costs resulting from the bill’s passage.

In Texas, this health care bill will cost up to $21 billion over the next 10 years, adding an estimated 2 million more people to Medicaid rolls.