Governor's health plan receives mixed reviews
SANTA FE (AP) - The governor's health coverage plan, his priority in the current session, debuted before a legislative committee Wednesday to mixed reviews. Some business leaders and health care providers praised it as a big step toward reforming a system under which 400,000 New Mexicans remain uninsured. Critics, however, told the House Health and Government Affairs Committee that the plan goes too far - or not far enough. Paying into a fund to help finance universal coverage would be too burdensome, restaurant owners said. Other opponents complained that the plan would prop up insurance companies, swamp an understaffed health delivery system and not improve health care or curb costs.
Suspect not allowed to participate in radio show
CHICAGO (AP) - A former police officer suspected in the disappearance of his wife was ready to take part in a radio competition in which women would vie to date him before station officials canned the idea Wednesday. Hours after radio host Steve Dahl agreed to the suggestion by Joel Brodsky, the attorney for former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, WJMK-FM officials said the game would not take place.
