Chicago Daily Observer

For the second time since last fall, a legislative panel threw a wrench Tuesday into Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to expand health care access to 147,000 Illinoisans – an initiative he enacted even though lawmakers never approved it.

Later Tuesday, two Democratic members of the Illinois House of Representatives unveiled legislation they said would accomplish what the Democratic governor has said he wants to do by making more people eligible for the Family Care program. The legislation is House Bill 6297, sponsored by Reps. David Miller of Lynwood and John Fritchey of Chicago.