Health care issues take center stage in early ads for McCaskill race
Groups campaigning to both re-elect and unseat McCaskill are seeking to turn the conversation to topics like abortion, health insurance reform, combating
The latest ads to hit
"Strategically, we definitely feel like she's vulnerable on this issue," said
The reconciliation bill is a wide-ranging federal budget bill that includes a provision that would temporarily prohibit facilities that provide abortions from billing
The facilities already cannot use federal dollars for abortion in most cases under a long-standing piece of legislation called the Hyde Amendment. But Musgrave said tax money should be pulled from other services as well because "that money is fungible."
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"Given her history, I think it's very predictable
Outside groups also already have hit
A spokeswoman for McCaskill declined to comment on
It pointed to legislation McCaskill introduced that would allow people in counties without an insurer on the Affordable Care Act exchange -- which could include dozens in
"I'm ready and willing to work with anyone to improve Missourians' healthcare, which is why I recently introduced a bill aimed at fixing challenges with the individual insurance market," McCaskill said. "But I agree with seniors, advocates, doctors, and nurses that the health plan passed by the
McCaskill doesn't have an officially declared opponent yet, but several
Majority Forward, a political nonprofit with ties to the
The opioid ad highlights her vote on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, which authorized
The other ad is centered on McCaskill's support for the Rural Hospital Access Act, which would extend programs that provide increased
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