Word: lawness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year-old health-care law was touted last year during the Dukakis presidential campaign as the first of its king in the nation, but advocates say the House changes would gut the bill...
...This strikes at the heart of the universal health care bill," said Larry Collins of the state Department of Medical Security, which oversees implementation of the new law...
Supporters of the health care law said the changes sponsored by Woodward and Forman would actually cost the state money. Delaying the new law might temporarily help small businesses, they said, but would force state taxpayers to continue paying medical costs that no one else will assume...
...Forman said the health care law was enacted last year "in a mad rush" to help the Dukakis presidential campaign. He said the state should know the costs before implementing the bill...
Collins noted that other provisions of the health care law would be unaffected by yesterday's House action...