Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Budget Talks Progress?

The Iowa Senate and House are close to a compromise on spending about $1.5 billion on state health and human services programs for the coming fiscal year. State Sen. Jack Hatch, a Des Moines Democrat, chairs the Senate Health and Human Services Budget Committee, and says the two sides are close on money, but still have some differences. Among them: women’s health programs, health care cost containment, and health care for low-income, underinsured and the uninsured.

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