Bill proposed would divert pop tax revenue from WVU to PEIA
CHARLESTON — A House bill introduced last week proposes to divert the $15 million “pop tax” devoted annually to WVU Health Sciences for medical education from WVU to the Public Employees Insurance Agency. Before we explain the bill and the local concerns about it, it’s important to note several things. First, of the nearly 2,000 bills introduced each year, only about 10 percent pass. And many of those are rules bills. Second, bills have to pass, generally, through two committees before reaching their chamber floor, then travel to the other end of the Capitol to undergo ...
