No More Free Health Care, for at least 100…
House Speaker Brian Bosma has ended the free lifetime health care benefit for 100 members of the General Assembly. This space was the first to tell you last week that Bosma was considering ending the insurance benefit for any State Representative elected or re-elected in 2006. It is estimated the free health care for lawmakers, their families, ex-spouses and widows runs into the millions of dollars. No word yet on whether Senate Pro Tem Robert Garton will end the benefit for lawmakers in his chamber. Garton has his first weekly media availibility Wednesday morning, so I’m sure someone will ask.
