AP/Charleston Daily Mail Examines Health Reform Efforts In West Virginia

Efforts to make 2009 the “year of health care” in West Virginia are faltering as key measures have been rejected or significantly modified by lawmakers, and other measures “face uncertain fates” in committees, the AP/Charleston Daily Mail reports. Earlier this session, lawmakers defeated a bill that would have increased the state cigarette tax from 55 cents to $1.

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Filed under: Nutrition / Diet on April 10th, 2009