State Senator Voluntarily Gives Up Health Insurance

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From The Kansas City Channel:

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A state senator from Independence is going to extremes to protect Missouri's new budget, KMBC's Bev Chapman reported Friday.

Sen. Victor Callahan announced he is giving up his state-funded health insurance to draw attention to the thousands of people without medical insurance.

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"I'm doing this today because I don't want to be a hypocrite. I intend to join the other 74,000 Missourians without health care," Callahan said.

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"I'm calling on Gov. (Matt) Blunt today to lead by example -- to join with me coming off state health care until we resolve the issue," Callahan said.

[Akno21]

Good for him, too bad more couldn't follow his example.

The full article mentions that he's a Democrat, but it was obvious.

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Good for him, too bad more couldn't follow his example.

The full article mentions that he's a Democrat, but it was obvious.

Yep, "tax and spend" Feingold always votes against his pay raises.

[J.R. Brown]

That's very admirable. You know the conservatives are going to call it a stunt. You can't do anything anymore without somebody questioning your motives. I'm not going to be cynical about this and assume that his motives are well intended.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

He’s an idiot unless he’s picking up coverage from somewhere else.  The way the healthcare racket works these days, if you are uninsured, you’ll get saddled with a bill at least twice as large as if you were insured, and that is if you are lucky.