Children’s health insurance could once again be at the top of the agenda when the Oregon Legislature convenes next year. A plan to fund it with a cigarette tax hike died last year. This time, lawmakers might use a different strategy. Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman has more. It was one of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's highest priorities in 2007. But the cigarette tax he proposed to fund children’s health care didn’t pass muster with lawmakers or voters.
Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Richard Devlin, says health coverage for kids will be back on the agenda when the Legislature convenes in January. More...
Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Richard Devlin, says health coverage for kids will be back on the agenda when the Legislature convenes in January. More...
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