Disabled advocates urge Holden to suspend Medicaid changes

Friday, September 6, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Advocates for poor, disabled residents turned in more than 3,000 petition signatures Thursday to Gov. Bob Holden asking him to suspend a budget-cutting provision that would force them to spend more of their own money before qualifying for Medicaid.

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