By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
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Brianna and Elijah Campo knew IVF would be expensive. They didn’t expect that, as a military family, they’d have to look outside the military to afford it.
Anna Spoerre reports today on how Elijah put college on hold to take a full-time job at Starbucks, whose insurance helped cut their costs in half.
The Campos’ experience is increasingly relevant after Congress dropped a proposal to expand IVF coverage for military families, leaving service members who need fertility treatment facing bills that can reach tens of thousands of dollars.
(Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent)
by Anna Spoerre
The latest effort to expand insurance coverage to include IVF costs for military families died this year after Senate Republicans, including Missouri’s Eric Schmitt, voted to remove it from a defense spending bill.
(Vaughn Wheat/The Beacon)
by Josh Merchant
The Kansas City Council has voted to provide a $600 million subsidy for a new Royals ballpark at Crown Center without key details about how to pay for it.
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by Jennifer Shutt
Voters throughout much of the country will cast ballots for their U.S. senator this fall, but just nine states hold the power to determine control of the chamber.
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