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File photo. U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) |
He doesn't think it'll ever be ready to roll out.
Still asked straight up if ending funding for the program, or putting it on hold for a year, was needed for him to vote to raise the debt ceiling, he didn't give a definitive answer.
"I haven't heard anyone say they want a shutdown," he said in a telephone interview Tuesday afternoon.
The health care exchanges which are at the center of the bill's efforts to extend health insurance coverage are due to go into effect in less than a week. "This thing is not ready," he said. "In my opinion this thing will never be ready."
Already numerous changes, Latta counts 19, have been made including 14 approved by President Barack Obama.