There was quite the spectacle in the House Health & Welfare Committee meeting this afternoon, where the committee's chairwoman, Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, had a string of pages bring in tall stacks of paper for committee members - a copy for each of a 906-page printout of the federal Affordable Care Act. Twin Falls Times-News reporter Melissa Davlin reports that McGeachin said she shopped around for the best deal on printing, and got the giant document printed by a local printer for less than half what the Capitol's in-house copy center would have charged - and that panel members should keep private-vs.-public costs in mind when considering insurance legislation; you can see Davlin's full post here at her "Capitol Confidential" blog.

McGeachin, describing the voluminous bill as the "Bible" that her committee members should study this year, said she'll begin hosting "weekly Bible sessions" starting next Tuesday, where "anyone who has a question about this law" can participate. McGeachin earlier cast the only "no" vote in the Legislature's joint Health Care Task Force against an Otter Administration bill to set up a state-run health insurance exchange; the panel endorsed the bill on an 11-1 vote. She said at the time that she didn't object to a state-run exchange, but had some concerns about how that bill was drafted.

At today’s meeting, McGeachin said she was concerned that the federal health care reform law radically expands the government's powers, Davlin reports, saying, "Some of us feel we are fighting for the life of our country on this issue."

Idaho Falls Post Register reporter Clark Corbin (@clarkcorbin) tweeted, "McGeachin showed me receipt from BizPrint in Boise showing she spent $397.40 printing 10 copies health care act. Used her Visa."