Lawmakers may pay (Florida legislators, health insurance)

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Tue, Mar. 30, 2004




HEALTH COVERAGE


Lawmakers may pay

An extensive overhaul of the state's health insurance program could force Gov. Jeb Bush and state legislators to pay for health insurance coverage that they now receive for free.

BY GARY FINEOUT

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TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida's 160 state legislators may soon lose one of their key perks: free health insurance.

Buried in the back of the $57.6 billion version of the state budget crafted by House Republicans is an extensive overhaul of the state's health insurance program that would finally require elected officials to pay for their coverage.

The architect of the provision says that legislators should be forced to pay something for health insurance.

''We certainly shouldn't be better than anyone else,'' said Rep. Fred Brummer, an Apopka Republican.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/8312202.htm

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Damned stupid headline, had to use "headline helper." Sorry.

[JCMach1]

1. Mixed feelings about this... the state legislature only pays around

$20,000... yet it is a FULL TIME job.

Looks to me like Repug propaganda, because most of their members are so wealthy it doesn't matter what they have to pay.

end of rant