Then-Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's office was involved in discussions that led to the suppression of findings that a state children's hospital he wanted to close provided an essential service.
RICHMOND -- The Virginia General Assembly has given final approval to a bill that would make it illegal for the government to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a measure intended to conflict with Democratic efforts to reform health care in Washington.
Utah lawmakers have managed to squirrel away more money for Medicaid.
Jack Hatch shook his head in frustration as he prepared to wade into yet another partisan brawl over healthcare. The Democratic Iowa state senator was co-chairing a 2007 special commission hearing on the subject in Mason City, and his GOP colleagues were carping about how an overly bureaucratic "Hillarycare"-style plan would be proposed for their state.
The proposed "Ben Nelson Act to Ensure Political Integrity" got a cool reception from Democratic legislators Wednesday, prompting the Republican sponsor to offer a change in the name that one lawmaker called "a gratuitous political insult."
