7,770 people will have catastrophic medical expenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI have health insurance. So do most of my friends. So does every Missouri state legislator. What kind of world are we living in, when lawmakers can so callously and spitefully inflict this pain on the citizens they supposedly represent?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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