West Virginia Watch, Times West Virginian – More than 200,000 West Virginians get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law that President-elect Donald Trump tried to overturn during his first four years as president.
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Now with a second Trump presidency on the horizon, residents and health care advocates worry what that will mean for West Virginians’ health care coverage and premiums.
More than 51,000 West Virginians bought their health insurance through the federal government’s health insurance marketplace, a provision of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Another 166,000 West Virginians have Medicaid coverage because the Affordable Care Act allowed states to expand their programs to low-income residents.
