Olympia, Wash. — Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler will hold two news conferences on Thursday to reveal a startling growth in the number of uninsured people and the costs to local communities.

Kreidler will lay out statewide costs of the uninsured and underinsured, costs to your community, your family – and you. The data includes a county-by-county breakdown of the number of uninsured people in the state.

Both news conferences will take place on Thursday. Join Kreidler at 9 a.m. in Seattle at the Best Western Executive Inn or at 2 p.m. in Spokane at the Doubletree Hotel.

NEWS CONFERENCES

Date: Thurs., Nov. 19, 2009

Time: 9 a.m.

Place: Best Western Executive Inn

200 Taylor Ave. North

Seattle, WA

And

Time: 2 p.m.

Place: Doubletree Hotel Spokane City Center

322 N. Spokane Falls Court

Spokane, WA

Hear how this crisis is impacting your community and get alarming projections for the future.

Editor’s Note: For media outside of the Seattle and Spokane areas, Kreidler will be available for phone interviews.

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