An expansion of state-subsidized health insurance for uninsured adults is expected to be debated next week in the state House of Representatives, more than a year after Gov. Ed Rendell introduced a plan intended to accomplish that goal.

With a slim Democratic House majority, passage is far from certain. And the majority party’s lead legislator on health care issues acknowledges that an even tougher fight lies ahead in the Republican-controlled Senate for any measure that might win House approval.  read more »