Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
Insurance lobbyist Kelly Atkinson had a satisfying day Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
He managed to throw out enough negative buzzwords -- mandate and unfair competition were two -- to sink the so-called "Pill Bill" for the eighth year in a row. The bill would require health insurance companies to provide coverage for contraceptives.
A few weeks ago, when he was headed to another hearing on the bill that was cancelled, Atkinson told a conservative Utah County woman lawmaker:
"I'm going to go kill the pill bill for the 20th time. The bill that will never die."
Ah, life in the diamond mine.
-- Rebecca Walsh
He managed to throw out enough negative buzzwords -- mandate and unfair competition were two -- to sink the so-called "Pill Bill" for the eighth year in a row. The bill would require health insurance companies to provide coverage for contraceptives.
A few weeks ago, when he was headed to another hearing on the bill that was cancelled, Atkinson told a conservative Utah County woman lawmaker:
"I'm going to go kill the pill bill for the 20th time. The bill that will never die."
Ah, life in the diamond mine.
-- Rebecca Walsh
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