As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on repealing Obamacare next week ^[1], several governors have emerged as the law’s leading critics. Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) is one of them.

“There’s obviously real sentiment in the country for repealing this bill — for the colossal mistake that it was,” Daniels said in an exclusive interview ^[2] with The Heritage Foundation.

Daniels sat down with Heritage last year to explain the challenges facing Indiana as a result of Obamacare. Chief among them: the likely demise of the Healthy Indiana Plan ^[3], a program that provides health insurance to 50,000 low-income residents of Indiana. That alone could cost the state up to $3.9 billion over the next decade.

More than 20 states, including Indiana, are challenging the law in court ^[4]. But while that plays out before a federal judge, Daniels and other state chief executives are grappling with the consequences of Obamacare. Those challenges are a big reason the House put repeal at the top of its agenda for the 112th Congress.