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Public Option Bills Advance Toward House And Senate
HARTFORD, CT — Republican lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to use a parliamentary procedure to kill one of two public health insurance option bills Thursday in the Appropriations Committee.
Sen. Craig Miner, R-Litchfield, said he had “grave concerns about the bill as drafted.”
“And the message it sends to the employers a stone’s throw from here that could just as easily be somewhere else,” Miner said, referring to Hartford’s insurance companies.
Miner sought to “box the bill,” but was ultimately ruled out of order by Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, who said the motion was not properly before the committee.
Read more: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20190502_public_option_bills_stumble_toward_house_and_senate/
