In "mitigation," Blagojevich's attorney calls pediatrician Dr. Deanna Monroe to the stand to praise Blagojevich for pushing through "All Kids" insurance.
"Many people have lost their jobs, lost their private insurance," she said. "All Kids has been a way for them to still cover their children." All Kids patients have doubled from four percent to eight percent of her practice in the last year and a half, she said.
-Abdon M. Pallasch & Natasha Korecki
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Natasha Korecki is the Federal Courts Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, covering federal news, corruption investigations and trials.
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