OLYMPIA Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that allows Washington State University to launch a new medical school inSpokane. <\/p>\n
But after he was surrounded by supportive legislators and university leaders for the signing ceremony, Inslee hedged when asked at a news conference how much money the state should spend training doctors during the next twoyears. <\/p>\n
Such funding for two state-sponsored medical schools will have to be negotiated between two very different plans in competing House and Senate budgetproposals. <\/p>\n
With about 300,000 more people covered by health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and a growing <\/p>\n
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Gov. Jay Inslee congratulates WSU President Elson Floyd after signing a bill that gives WSU authority to start its own medical school inSpokane. (Full-size photo) <\/p>\n
OLYMPIA Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that allows Washington State University to launch a new medical school inSpokane. <\/p>\n
But after he was surrounded by supportive legislators and university leaders for the signing ceremony, Inslee hedged when asked at a news conference how much money the state should spend training doctors during the next twoyears. <\/p>\n
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