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Health Reform Bills Advance, ER Malpractice Suits, Tax Credit for Disabled Dependents, and Homebrewing

By Jenny Brundin

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Salt Lake City, UT –

Lawmakers took up a range of bills yesterday-- bills on malpractice suits against emergency room doctors, a tax credit for families with disabled dependents, and they engaged in a bit of humor with a bill to legalize brewing beer or wine in one's home. But first House lawmakers passed a trio of health reform bills to increase transparency, affordability and portability in the health care market. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports.

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