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Governor Rendell Tours To Insure

Governor Rendell Tours To Insure - Friday, October 12, 2007 at 3:43PM EST

Reported by: David DeCosmo
Friday, Oct 12, 2007 @03:43pm EST
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY- Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell made a stop in Scranton Friday as part of his state-wide "tour to insure."

He stopped at the Scranton Chamber of Commerce.

The governor is traveling throughout the state to try to gain support for a health care plan that he's proposed, that would cover virtually everyone in Pennsylvania.

Rendell says it's a plan that could cut health care costs dramatically.

Governor Ed Rendell, (D) Pennsylvania said, "Everyone, even people who do have health insurance, will benefit because the cost control part of the plan will reduce or contain the increases, these incredible increases in health care costs. Secondly by the insurance commissioner benefiting by the reforms we're asking the legislature to put into place, that will also control costs. the insurance commissioner will then have the right, as he does for auto insurance or home owner's insurance, to say 'yea or nay' to rate increases and that will keep rate down."

Rendell says his health care plan would be funded by an increased tax on cigarettes and a new tax on smoke-less tobacco products and cigars.
 


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