McCaskill for Missouri Launches "30 for 30" to Highlight the Personal Stories of Missourians With Pre-Existing Conditions

Today, McCaskill for Missouri launched "30 for 30" to highlight the personal stories of Missourians and their loved ones who have pre-existing conditions and depend on current protections for their health care coverage. Each morning over the next 30 days, the campaign will release a new personal story, underscoring the harmful impact that Josh Hawley's lawsuit to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions would have on Missouri families. Today's video is of Tanjila from Florissant.

"As I talk to Missourians across the state, almost everyone I meet has a story about a loved one who lives with a pre-existing condition. Now they have to worry about whether or not they'll be able to keep their health insurance, all because Josh Hawley sided with the insurance companies and filed a lawsuit to take away pre-existing condition protections. Not going to happen. I won't let it." -- Senator Claire McCaskill

"I have sickle cell disease…We talk about sickle cell warriors, is what we call ourselves, but [Claire is] my kind of shero. Somebody that is literally going into battle in places where my voice may never be heard, but she's taking the time to come and hear it. She's taking the time to sit down and say, "What is it that concerns you? Why is this tough for you?' And then she takes our arguments and she goes and does the rest of the fight for us. I love that." -- Tanjila Bolden

Claire McCaskill has a clear record of working with members of both parties to strengthen our health care system. Claire recently co-sponsored a measure that would allow the Senate Legal Counsel to defend protections for pre-existing conditions against Josh Hawley's lawsuit. Her efforts have included co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to stabilize the individual market and introducing legislation to help rural Missourians access health insurance. Claire also introduced bipartisan legislation to address unfair Medicare reimbursements, allow pregnant women to buy health insurance year-round, and allow states to help small businesses by changing the definition of a "small group market."

Meanwhile, Josh Hawley filed a lawsuit with 19 other Republican attorneys general that would end protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions. In the wake of the Trump Administration's decision to back the lawsuit, health care advocates have slammed Hawley, telling The St. Louis American that Hawley "owes his constituents an explanation for why ripping away protections from people with pre-existing conditions helps the state of Missouri or its citizens."

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