Lawmakers hard at work to increase health coverage despite deficit

    By: Scott Detrow

    Pennsylvania lawmakers aren’t letting a billion-dollar budget deficit stop them from working to increase health care coverage for Commonwealth residents. State Senate Republicans say it’s worth another try to reintroduce measures that stalled in the last session. WHYY’s Scott Detrow reports.

    By: Scott Detrow

    Pennsylvania lawmakers aren’t letting a billion-dollar budget deficit stop them from working to increase health care coverage for Commonwealth residents. State Senate Republicans say it’s worth another try to reintroduce measures that stalled in the last session. WHYY’s Scott Detrow reports. [audio: reports20090203healthcoverage.mp3]

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