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August 2, 2007

Debate Ongoing Over Uninsured Children’s Coverage

WLBT, 8/1/7 You would think that re-authorizing a health plan to help uninsured children would be an easy sell in Congress. But the debate is ongoing on exactly who should be covered under the state children’s health insurance program or “S-CHIP.” And Mississippi Senator Trent Lott is in the middle of it. The Children’s Defense…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 2, 2007

Anderson gets endorsement from labor union in insurance campaign

The Sun Herald, 8/1/7 The Mississippi AFL-CIO on Wednesday endorsed Gary Anderson as the Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner. Brenda Scott, a spokeswoman for the labor union and director of the Mississippi Alliance of State Employees, lauded Anderson for refusing to accept campaign contributions from the insurance industry. “Gary has not taken one single…