West Virginia Watch – Last week West Virginians sent a clear message: Don’t cut Medicaid.
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In overwhelming numbers, families, advocates and health care providers turned out to reject House Bill 3518, and called on their legislators to reject this dangerous proposal that would have automatically eliminated the Medicaid expansion — and with it health care for 166,000 West Virginians — if federal funding for the program was reduced by even 1%.
While this bill was moved to the inactive calendar after swift public and lawmaker pushback, the fight isn’t over. Medicaid remains at risk — not just at the state level, but also in ongoing federal budget negotiations in Washington, D.C.
