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June 12, 2025

‘Medicaid saved my life’: Advocates Say Federal Cuts Could Gut Rural Health

Charleston Gazette-Mail – Kimberly Barker says Medicaid is a lifeline for the Mountain State, and it’s also vital coverage that has kept her healthy.

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In July 2009, Barker left an abusive relationship.

“I was attacked and strangled by a boyfriend,” she recalled. “I don’t think I was supposed to leave that house alive. I had been hit in the back of the head, side, front and slammed into the floor. Luckily, I escaped.”

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