Vermont House, Senate leaders approach health reforms much differently.

Publication: Science Letter

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2004 DEC 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reducing the cost of healthcare and expanding access to it is the clear priority of virtually everyone taking office next month, especially the Democrats' legislative leaders.

But the two people who will be the most powerful Democrats in the new legislature have very different approaches to the complex problem, creating the potential for conflict on what already clearly will be the marquee issue of the session.

Gaye Symington, poised for election as House speaker when lawmakers return January 5, has talked about an ambitious and comprehensive initiative designed to lower costs and provide insurance to more people.

She's lent an air of urgency to the task by laying plans for a new panel, tentatively referred to as the Health Finance Committee, which will...

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