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Committee Chair Calls Bill “A Job Killer” And Is DOA

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A bill that would require large employers to pay 80 perecent of employee health care premiums or face stiff penalties got a hearing at the state capitol today.But the Republican chair of the assembly labor commitee calls it a job killer . He says he’ll make it sure it never makes it to the floor of the legislature. Gil Halsted reports…

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