Twenty years ago, a bill arrived in the Georgia House that would have set up a private insurance program for children newly eligible for government coverage.
The legislation had the backing of Gov. Zell Miller, and it had passed the Senate.
Consumer advocate Linda Lowe and others, though, started talking with a member of the House Appropriations Committee about problems in the set-up of the proposed program.
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