Ailing US worker: Government needs to reactivate insurance

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An ailing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worker in Oregon says she can’t learn why her federally paid insurance lapsed months ago or get it reinstated because of the partial government shutdown.
Jasmine Tool is now scrambling to find a way to pay for nutrients that keep her alive. She said Thursday that she only has enough of the formula that she gets through a feeding tube to last through Friday.
Tool’s situation is unusual. The U.S. government has said empl