JEFFERSON CITY — Eleven blind residents scaled the steps of the Missouri Capitol on Monday — service dogs at their heels or white canes in their hands — to publicly plead with lawmakers to preserve funding for a state program that provides health care to more than 2,800 residents who are blind, lack private insurance and have limited wealth.
UPDATE: Health care for veterans, blind tied up in Missouri budget
Monday, May 7, 2012 | 4:58 p.m. CDT;
updated 6:55 p.m. CDT, Monday, May 7, 2012
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