OLYMPIA Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that allows Washington State University to launch a new medical school inSpokane.

But after he was surrounded by supportive legislators and university leaders for the signing ceremony, Inslee hedged when asked at a news conference how much money the state should spend training doctors during the next twoyears.

Such funding for two state-sponsored medical schools will have to be negotiated between two very different plans in competing House and Senate budgetproposals.

With about 300,000 more people covered by health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and a growing

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Gov. Jay Inslee congratulates WSU President Elson Floyd after signing a bill that gives WSU authority to start its own medical school inSpokane. (Full-size photo)

OLYMPIA Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that allows Washington State University to launch a new medical school inSpokane.

But after he was surrounded by supportive legislators and university leaders for the signing ceremony, Inslee hedged when asked at a news conference how much money the state should spend training doctors during the next twoyears.

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Inslee signs bill allowing WSU med school; funding still in flux - Thu, 02 Apr 2015 PST