Senate Republican Leader Franc Flotron said one of the reasons he wouldn't run for governor was the fund raising difficulties the new law has created for him.
JEFFERSON CITY _ Choosing to channel his energies into gaining Republican control of the Missouri General Assembly, Senate Republican Floor Leader Franc Flotron announced he will not seek the GOP nomination for governor in 1996.
"I would have supported changing the distribution mechanism," Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County. And Flotron warned that without changing the distribution, it could face strong urban opposition.
The alternative, offered by Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County, would only limit exclusions based on preexisting conditions and allow policy holders to keep their insurance when they change jobs.
"Most of the issues we wanted to get accomplished were stifled early," said Senate Minority Floor Leader Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County. "Again, we are in a defensive mode."
"Obviously, there is an effort here to blur the lines," said Senate Minority Floor Leader Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County. "There's a good deal of lack of earnestness going on with this issue."
"Carnahan told people he wanted a $200 million tax increase with a vote of the people," said Senate Republican Leader Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County. "It's a question of basic integrity. It's no different than 'Read My Lips.'"
The alternative, offered by Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County, would only limit exclusions based on preexisting conditions and allow policy holders to keep their insurance when they change jobs.
Some legislators say they have heard more about it, including Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis, one of the most vocal opponents to the Outstanding Schools Act and the Senate's Republican Floor Leader.
But during the 1995 session, one of the major health-insurance regulation bills was created by representatives of the medical community and the other was co-sponsored by the Republican minority leader, Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County.
"The objective is to try to restore some balance in the market of health care delivery," said the bill's co-sponsor, Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County. "As the market has changed, you have these oligopolies that are huge players of health care."
Senate Minority Leader Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County, presented his insurance regulation bill to the Senate Insurance Committee Wednesday (March 8). The bill would impose some restrictions on insurance companies from excluding or limiting coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
"Worker's compensation has gotten out of hand," said Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County, who has sponsored a worker's compensation package backed by business.
Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St. Louis County, and Sen. John Scott, D-St. Louis, have introduced a bill that contains a variety of measures to reduce the cost of workers compensation to employers.
JEFFERSON CITY _ The key changes that a workers compensation bill introduced by Sen. Franc Flotron, R-St.Louis County, and Sen. John Scott, D-St. Louis, include:
The Senate's Republican leader, Franc Flotron, said he does not seek to repeal the law, for this would drive up the cost of government-funded Medicaid coverage. However, he said the certificate-of-need process is expensive and needs to be re-evaluated.
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