1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support

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1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support - ABC Columbia

(AP) — A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session’s final day Thursday in a procedural move by a member angry he was mocked by his colleagues. Republican Rep. Josiah Magnuson has been against the bill from the start, saying it would create a health care czar who could take over like a dictator if there was another pandemic e…