West Virginia MetroNews – As Congress moves closer to a budget deal, Senator Shelley Moore Capito has acknowledged the possibility of significant effects on Medicaid.
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Medicaid is a joint federal and state program for health insurance and medical services, traditionally for low-income people but more recently also for the working class.
As of last month, 503,637 West Virginians were supported by the program, according to a state budget overview for the West Virginia Department of Human Services. That’s just under a third of all West Virginia residents.
