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Article: Senate approves Manchin health care measures: House proposals not considered during debate
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 31, 2006
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The state Senate moved to expand health care for the uninsured but
rejected the House's plan to push the state toward universal health
care.
Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin said the House and Senate have
such differing philosophies about helping uninsured West Virginians
that it makes sense to get the issue to a conference committee as
soon as possible to work out the differences.
The Senate did not even consider the House's proposal when
debating Gov. Joe Manchin's health care proposals Monday.
"The subject matter is very critical to the state of West
Virginia," said Tomblin, D-Logan. "I'm not sure we are ready for
universal health care or can afford it."
If the House plan emerges from ...