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Did Your Senator Vote To Make Health Care Worse In Idaho?

Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, March 25th, 2010

Hundreds of thousands of Idahoans struggling with the high cost of health care received bad news last night -- no relief and more problems are on the way. With the passage of the Idaho Health Freedom Act (House Bill 391), the Senate moved forward legislation that could spell disaster for Idaho's health care system, while addressing none of the health care issues plaguing families across the state.

The legislation takes aim at a components of a non-existent federal health care law, a move that could cost the state over a billion dollars in federal matching funds, and cost Idaho thousands of jobs. Passing by a vote of 24-10, the bill now heads to Governor Otter, where it...

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Source: Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly (2010-03-25)

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