"All in all, the upcoming session will be a health policy wonk's dream. But the bad news is with the fiscal forecast becoming gloomier by the day, the resolute opposition of the minority party to almost any change, and relations between the Legislature and the Governor's office strained by the demands national political campaign this dream may turn into a nightmare of professional protectionism, bureaucratic infighting and paralysis brought on by special interests protecting their own purse."
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