In governor's meeting, Haley asks Obama to scrap health law

McClatchy reports:

South Carolina Republican Gov.-elect Nikki Haley challenged President Barack Obama over his landmark health care overhaul Thursday in a candid, personal exchange in front of Cabinet members and newly elected governors from across the country.

In an exchange that White House aides didn't dispute, Obama rejected Haley's request to repeal the health care bill — but said he'd consider letting states opt out of its mandates if they ran exchange programs, banned insurance firms from denying coverage of pre-existing conditions and enabled people to pool together for better rates.