Although the national economy has begun to bounce back, governors said Saturday that the worst was yet to come at the state level, where revenues are still falling short of projections.

Health care was another pressing issue on the agenda. A number of the governors, some of them Democrats, were less than enthusiastic about elements of the sweeping health care legislation championed by President Obama and Democrats in Congress.

Governors said they needed more latitude to devise health insurance programs tailored to the needs, priorities and fiscal capacity of their states.