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Disabled Kansans Say They Fear Republican Health Bill

By Kansas News Service
Published June 29, 2017 at 1:35 PM CDT
Mike Oxford, director of the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, speaks to disability advocates in Topeka after returning from Washington, D.C., where he was arrested during a protest of the new Senate health bill. (Photo: Jim McLean, Kansas News Service)
Mike Oxford, director of the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, speaks to disability advocates in Topeka after returning from Washington, D.C., where he was arrested during a protest of the new Senate health bill. (Photo: Jim McLean, Kansas News Service)

Polls show that a lot of Americans have concerns about the Obamacare replacement bills now working their way through Congress. But for people with disabilities it goes well beyond mere concern. As Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service reports, they are downright terrified.
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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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