Patrick, Jasper County
Patrick is a 27-year-old bartender and server in the Joplin area who is in the Medicaid gap. He has a …
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Destiny, Joplin
Destiny is a 22-year-old full-time student in Joplin who has been without health insurance since 2015. Growing up in a …
Heather, Joplin
Heather is a 28-year-old in Joplin who works part-time as a server and full-time as her mom’s unpaid Direct Representative …
Brittany, Joplin
Brittany is 23 and lives in Joplin, where she attends college full-time and works part-time as an educator at a …
Daniel, Joplin
Daniel works as a Bar Manager and Consultant at a locally-owned cocktail lounge in Joplin. Although Daniel enjoys his work, …
Abby, Joplin
Abby is a 35-year-old in Joplin resident with pre-existing conditions. Before she was 20, she was diagnosed with multiple endocrine …
Andrew, Joplin
Andrew works as a chef at a small locally-owned restaurant in Joplin. In November of 2018, he sustained a deep …
Aaron, Joplin
Aaron’s son was born on April 28th, 2017. The pregnancy seemed to go very smoothly, but when he was born, …
Rodney, Joplin
Rodney is a 54-year-old man from Joplin who falls into the Medicaid coverage gap. His wife is on dialysis and …
Isabel, Joplin
When Isabel visited a low-income clinic in Joplin to renew their birth control, an exam revealed that they have a …