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Health-insurance expansion fails on House floor after lengthy debate
Summary
House Bill 120, a package aimed at extending guaranteed insurance coverage and reducing preexisting-condition barriers, failed on a 37–38 roll call after extended floor debate over fiscal impacts and business concerns. Sponsor framed the bill as an initial step toward broader reform.
House Bill 120, advanced as a step toward expanded health-insurance access, failed on the House floor after extended debate and a close roll-call vote, 37 in favor to 38 opposed.
Representative Almonte Evans, who brought the bill forward, framed the proposal as a beginning of broader reform to reduce uninsured rates and prevent cost-shifting to taxpayers and hospitals. He described the bill as a modest, early…
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