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A B i g H a i r y M o n s ter  T  hat:s how Representative Tom Little of Shelburne de- sc nbed the 100- pa ge he al th ca re ref or m bi ll that 's be come . th e foc~ po in t of at te nt io n th is w ee k unde r the g ol de n do me mMontpehe r. Lit tle Sit s on the spe cia l Hou se "Grease The Ski ds Commit te e" set up by House Spea ke r Ra lp h Wr ight last ye ar  At present the skids are as greasy as sandpaper. . Li tt le wa s addr es si ng 300 membe rs of the La ke Champla in Regi o.nal Chamber of C~mmerce who turned out for a Mond ay mo rn in g br ea kf ast session at the Sherato n. Du ri ng an hou r' s wort h of sc ra mble d eggs and ba con, Li tt le and hi s le gi sl at ive cohorts - Senators Susan Sweetser and Helen Riehle and  Representative Mary-Ann Parizo - len th e a udience with more ques ti ons than they ha d when they arr ived. The prospects for pas sing the "big hai ry monster" appear dim. Pa ri zo re counte d the Le gi sl atur e' s tr ac k record to da te : a wa r  ave: the. E- boa rd nomi nees, the defeat of the worker 's compen- sation bi ll on the House floor and the health ca re ref orm bill due to hit that same fl oor short ly. " It  sc ar es me," said Pari zo. "It's not be en a go od .yea r." o. f cour se that was ve ry good news for the La ke Champl ai n Regi ona l Chamber of Comme rce, the fi rst bus iness gr oup i n the state to wave the warning flag over health care reform. The Chambe r' s Statehouse lobbyi st, Ger ry Mo rr is, calls the House  bill "too expensive and far too ambitious for Vermont's fragile economy."

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