Charleston Gazette-Mail - For most of us, second chances are a rare thing in this world. When you make a mistake, you often don't get a chance for a do-over. Read.
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Public News Service - The health care bill Senate Republicans are rushing to finish would cripple West Virginia opioid treatment and end Medicaid expansion, according to an analysis that also says the bill could end coverage of pre-exisiting conditions. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - The Cassidy-Graham bill, the latest piece of legislation attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, would cut West Virginia's Medicaid funding by $2 billion by 2027. Read.
WCHS-TV - People here in Charleston are speaking out about their concerns for how the latest GOP health care bill could affect health care in West Virginia. Read.
MetroNews - As Republicans in the U.S. Senate work on passing its latest effort to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law, four West Virginia health care advocacy groups are asking lawmakers — specifically Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. — to vote against the legislation. Read.
Associated Press - A nonprofit West Virginia research group says the latest attempt by U.S. Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act would cut the state's Medicaid funding by $2 billion by 2027. Read.
Fayette Tribune - Fayette Fair Share and the Southern Appalachian Labor School will sponsor a public issues forum on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Historic Oak Hill School in Oak Hill. The two issues to be addressed at this forum are the upcoming road bond and the reform measures proposed for the…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., spoke Wednesday at the University of Charleston to update constituents on ongoing efforts to reform personal and corporate income tax structures in the United States. Read.
Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report, Williamson Daily News, The Eagle, WOAY-TV - New federal data show 319,063 West Virginians living below the poverty line last year, a 17.9 percent rate unchanged from the year before and slightly lower than a measured peak in 2011. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - Data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the number of West Virginians without health insurance was reduced in 2016. Read.