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Published May 01, 2008 09:59 pm - Playing politics when people’s health is at stake is reprehensible. Yet, it’s happening in the Missouri Legislature, where House Speaker Rod Jetton is killing any chances that Insure Missouri will live.

In our view: Set aside politics



Playing politics when people’s health is at stake is reprehensible.

Yet, it’s happening in the Missouri Legislature, where House Speaker Rod Jetton is killing any chances that Insure Missouri will live.

Gov. Matt Blunt’s program, set to begin in July, was eliminated from the state budget earlier this week. However, the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Monday that would create a revised version of the measure that would eventually cover a projected 200,000 Missourians currently lacking insurance.

Jetton, R-Marble Hill, and House bill sponsor Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, are insisting that the legislation be linked to an overhaul of the state approval process for new hospitals, nursing homes and medical equipment.

Jetton and Schaaf say unless those changes are made, Insure Missouri legislation might not even come up for debate in the House.

We think these tactics have nothing to do with the needs of the working poor, and everything to do with a political power play.

Passage of the legislation would mean that an estimated 54,500 low-income parents, beginning immediately, and an estimated 190,000-plus over five years, could receive health insurance.

It’s sad that there are those in the House who are perfectly satisfied to let those who are insured pick up the costs for everyone.

We would like to see the full House vote on the fate of Insure Missouri without the attachments.



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