Today, the RJ had an article about - A bill mandating that insurance companies cover a cervical cancer vaccine That was SO Convoluted it was impossible to understand. Does that mean the RJ is against Cervical Cancer Vaccine for ALL? Probably. The drama began when the Senate took up reconsideration of Senate Bill 409, a measure sought by Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, to require the coverage for the vaccine. Nine of 11 Republicans voted against the bill on Friday after Sen. Barbara Cegavske, R-Las Vegas, spoke in opposition to the insurance company mandate. On Monday, on a strictly party line 11-10 vote, Republicans recalled the measure and sent it to the secretary's desk, a sort of parliamentary purgatory where it can remain indefinitely. Amodei and Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno, the two GOP votes for the bill on Friday, joined with their Republican colleagues to move the bill to the desk, where it will die if not voted on by an April 24 deadline. Raggio said he voted against Titus' bill because adding mandates causes the cost of insurance to rise. Titus' bill would require health insurance companies, including Nevada Check-Up and Medicaid, to make the vaccine, called Gardasil, available to females ages 9 to 26. Titus said the bill does not mandate that all eligible for the vaccine get it but makes it more affordable and accessible. Funding for the vaccine is included in the budgets for Medicaid and Nevada Check-up, health plans for the working poor and the uninsured. Send me an Email = LVKen7@gmail.com