TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Several tea party groups in Ohio say they’ll work to stop the state from expanding Medicaid coverage for low-income residents, arguing it will be too costly and won’t reduce high health care costs down the road.

Leaders of two dozen tea party organizations sent a letter to Republican Gov. John Kasich telling him that they’re against his Medicaid proposal.

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