Higher education sustained several significant cuts and withholdings of appropriated money in recent years, a trend which both Columbia Democrats Sen. Chuck Graham and Rep. Judy Baker said was disturbing.
Columbia's two Democratic representatives, Jeff Harris and Judy Baker, tried to sidetrack the bill Monday by joining other Democrats in proposing a series of amendments.
"I was afraid that if we all voted yes, it would send the message that we're done," Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, said. "The real teeth in this process at cutting insurance costs is in the insurance reform."
But oppenents like Columbia Representative Judy Baker say change is just what the bill needs to lower insurance rates for doctors.Get the radio stories
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