McCaskill Reports Health is Improving

McCaskill says her chances of beating cancer appear excellent

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Boone County Democratic Party

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., says she is embracing her job — and her constituents — with a vengeance now that she’s back at work after spending several weeks in treatment for breast cancer.

Next week, she expects to barnstorm the state with a series of stops to highlight her concerns about the rising cost of college education, and what the government might be able to do to help.

But first, she has a few words of gratitude for “the literally hundreds of Missourians who reached out to me over the last three weeks .” U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., says she is embracing her job — and her constituents — with a vengeance now that she’s back at work after spending several weeks in treatment for breast cancer.

She says a routine mammogram detected her cancer at an early stage. “I had a lumpectomy and then follow-up treatment, and the doctors are very positive that my prognosis is very good.”

McCaskill did want to re-emphasize that she obtains her health insurance through the federal exchange available to many Americans, and gets no “special insurance,” as some constituents may wrongly believe.

(Excerpted from Stl Public Radio 3/15/16)