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State lawmakers faced with task of implementing a federal health insurance mandate

March 18, 1997
By: M. Denise Jackson
State Capital Bureau

State lawmakers are now faced with the task of implementing a federal health insurance mandate. Denise Jackson has the story from the state capitol.

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Missouri legislators heard several house bills on how to enforce the Federal Kassebaum-Kennedy Act Congress passed in August.

Columbia resident Dennis Drane testified in favor of a bill that would make health insurance more accessible.

Drane was diagnosed with colon cancer and required treatment, but he lost his insurance when his wife lost her job.

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Contents: To add insult to injury I'm an insurance agent, independent insurance agent. Now, I'm uninsurable and uninsured. I wrote in my letter that if this happened to me it obviously can happen to a lot of people.

Under the act, certain workers won't lose their health insurance if they lose their job.

Also the act provides credit for prior continuous, health insurance coverage.

From the state capitol, I'm Denise Jackson.