The piece of legislation that most closely resembled Carnahan's original proposal was the "Health Insurance Access Act." The act, offered by Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City, was a scaled-down version of the governor's proposal.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City, and Majority Leader J.B. "Jet" Banks, D-St. Louis, agreed to end discussion of the bill after just 15 minutes so as not to delay debate on bills scheduled to be discussed later in the day.
In lieu of a health package put together by the governor's office, representatives of the medical community drafted their own plan, and Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City, agreed to sponsor it.
Flotron compared the Health Insurance Access Act, sponsored by Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City, to Gov. Mel Carnahan's health care package from this past session.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City, said he is appreciative of any help the governor can offer, but that the bill still faces the same opposition as the governor's bill encountered last year.
One health-insurance reform bill expected to be introduced in about a week was developed by representatives of the Missouri State Medical Association, the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the Missouri Hospital Association. It will be sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City. A House member is considering the bill, but has not committed yet to sponsoring it in the House, Holloway said.
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