Poor adults left with few options

Seattle painter Nancy Schutt may have to put her brushes away next year.

The 49-year-old Madrona artist has managed to survive on the $20,000 she makes a year painting colorful, playful portraits of dogs in part because she qualifies for the Basic Health Plan, the state's medical insurance program for the poor.

But along with about 60,000 other "childless adults," Schutt stands to lose her coverage, a casualty of the state's worst budget crisis in a decade.
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