Republican Governor Mike Rounds says he thanks Democratic U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin for her Saturday vote against a health care bill that passed the House.

Herseth Sandlin was one of 39 Democrats to oppose the measure.

Rounds says he talked to Herseth Sandlin last week and gave her information on the costs to the state. He says the House bill would have at least a $134 million impact on South Dakota taxpayers from 2015-2019 and would add more than 52,000 people to the Medicaid program.

The bill now goes to the Senate. Rounds says his office will give the same information to Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune.

Rounds is one of four governors working on health care reform for the National Governors Association.