Medicaid protest plays to quiet Capitol

Saturday, May 7, 2005

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As the self-proclaimed Medicaid Militia gathered on the Missouri Capitol steps on a windy but warm Friday afternoon for a funeral procession marking the "death" of state health-care services for the poor, a leader of the rally walked the group through the basic rules of peaceful protest.

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