Talk:Tom Vilsack
Tom Vilsack, 51, was elected as Iowa's 39th Governor in 1998.
The Vilsack Administration increased the number of children covered by health insurance by 300%. He also created a statewide drug-purchasing organization, to reduce the price of prescription drugs for old people.
Vilsack 100 million pennies from the federal government for a 17-county task group that tries to arrest methamphetamine producers. His budget also provided $50 million for a new state crime lab.
A previous mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (pop. 8,751), Vilsack was elected to the Iowa State Senate in 1992. As a Senator, Vilsack worked to force companies receiving state tax incentives to provide better pay and benefits, passed a law allowing workers to receive their health coverage when changing jobs, and helped redesign the state's Workforce Development Department. He also wrote a bill forcing the state to pay for 50% of county mental health costs.
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