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Health Insurance & Cigarette Tax On Missouri Ballot

Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin

Health insurance, one of the major issues of the presidential election, is making a bigger impact on Missouri’s state ballot.

In the second half of Monday's Up to Date, KCUR health reporter Elana Gordon tells us about the proposed cigarette tax increase called Proposition B as well as Proposition E, which seeks to require the state legislature or voter approval before Gov. Jay Nixon or other state agencies create a health insurance  exchange.

Monday’s Up to Date has all the details to explain these complicated proposals.
 

Elana Gordon covers the health beat at KCUR. She was previously a production assistant for Up to Date and reported for the bilingual newspaper, Dos Mundos. Before taking the plunge into radio, Gordon worked as a prevention specialist at a health clinic. She has a dual degree in political science and music from Barnard College.

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