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Article: Utah County rejects national reform resolution
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2009
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PROVO -- Utah County commissioners struck down a nationwide
county resolution for federal health-care reform last week.
The resolution, Commissioner Larry Ellertson said, was too quick
to move forward with the national health-care plan and didn't
address issues such as insuring the most people at the least cost.
The three commissioners unanimously agreed to reject the document
proposed by the National Association of Counties -- a nationwide
county organization independent of state and federal governments --
in their weekly public meeting.
Ellertson said the resolution at first looked like something the
commissioners could approve, but after seeing the final draft
Tuesday morning and reading ...