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Protesters urge Sen. Roy Blunt: 'Keep us covered'
Kansas City was sunny Friday afternoon, but that didn’t stop residents from using their umbrellas downtown.
About 60 protesters, umbrellas open, rallied outside Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt’s office and urged him to vote against the health care bill championed by U.S. Senate Republicans.
The umbrellas were symbolic — the protesters chanted, “Keep us covered.”
“The bills that the Senate have been working on … put all of our coverage in danger, whether you have an employer-based health care plan, whether you use Medicaid, Medicare, if you have pre-existing conditions,” said Jake Lupardus, 39, who organized the protest with Indivisible Kansas City.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article160193674.html