PA Uninsured Health Care Bill Falters

A lot of work got gone in the last days of Pennsylvania’s political machine, but a bill to help 250,000 uninsured adults Pennsylvanians faltered, even after being scaled back to only provide for 115,000. Govenor Ed Rendell, a prime supporter of the bill, claims to be “deeply disappointed”. He did, however, get bill 2525 passed to strengthen humane care of dogs in commercial kennels and passed a very mild gun control law . Now What? The PA state legislature is taking a couple of weeks off because of the looming elections (which I can’t wait to get over with. Is this the longest Presidential campaign in history, or what?). Talk of of the estimated 46 million uninsured Americans will now become campaign slogans and promises. This same plan will most likely make the rounds again in the spring of 2009. After the elections, not... [read full story]                    

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