Kolkhorst Holding Nelson's Health Bill Hostage
Rep. Lois Kolkhorst is holding Sen. Jane Nelson's health reform bill hostage.
Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, confirmed that she's delaying taking up Nelson's Senate Bill 8 on third reading in the House until the Senate gets to House Bills 5 and 13, two measures Kolkhorst authored to try to give Texas control over the purse strings for the costly Medicaid and Medicare programs.
SB 8, a key element of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's state health reform plan, provides a framework for health care collaboratives — the partnerships between hospitals, doctors and other health care providers that experts say could ...
Comments (3)
Luisa Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
the egos of the ignorant, lord save us from the learning curve in a drought
Ouija
Interesting ...
Native Texan
Repeal Obamacare. Pass a law against it in Texas like other states are doing. Have some guts and courage to stand up to this tyrannical presidency. And to those of you who think socialism is a good thing, please remove yourselves to Europe where they have plenty of it to go around. Of course, it stinks, but maybe socialists don't notice.