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Blagojevich's Health Care Plan Rejected Again

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Feb 26, 2008 2:04 pm US/Central

Blagojevich's Health Care Plan Rejected Again

Expansion Of Family Care Program Defeated 8-2

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ― An Illinois legislative committee has once again rejected health care expansion in its ongoing fight with the Blagojevich administration.

The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted 8-2 Tuesday to shoot down an expansion of the state's FamilyCare program for families who can't afford private coverage.

Administration officials hurriedly left the committee hearing room after the vote without taking questions. They have argued in the past that they can expand health care even without legislative approval.

The same panel rejected rules authorizing the program's expansion last year, but Blagojevich began enrolling people in the program anyway.

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