10.08.2009 11:16 am

Report: 65,000 Missourians lost health insurance in ‘09

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Families USA, a national organization pushing for health-care reform, released a report this morning estimating the loss of health insurance due to rising unemployment.

Extrapolating from recent Census data, the group released reports for Missouri and Nebraska, concluding that the number of uninsured…

Tags: Bill Lambrecht, census, Familes USA, health-care reform, Missouri, Missouri unemployment, Nebraska, Rep. Russ Carnahan, Ron Pollack, st. louis

08.11.2009 5:08 pm

In Nebraska, a moderate Dem’s health-care strategy

By Bill Lambrecht

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Claire McCaskill often finds herself on the same side as Ben Nelson, her Senate counterpart from Nebraska and a Democrat who has a distinctly moderate approach to politics and public policy.

Like Nelson, McCaskill, Missouri’s junior senator, has a…

Tags: health-care reform, Nebraska, Sen. Ben Nelson, Sen. Claire McCaskill

Report: 65,000 Missourians lost health insurance in ‘09

In Nebraska, a moderate Dem’s health-care strategy

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