Speakers: Rusty Williams, Charleston, West Virginia
Rusty Williams: When I was diagnosed with late-stage testicular cancer back in 2012, I didn't have health insurance or the means to pay for the emergency surgery they said I needed.
Rusty Williams: After spending 6 weeks fighting bureaucrats when I should have been fighting cancer, and getting denied 3 times, I gave up.
Rusty Williams: was was very limited. Fortunately, my mom did not accept that and kept reaching out to anyone that would listen, and as a result of that advocacy, we were connected with the West Virginia Tiger Morton Catastrophic Illness Commission. And within a week of contacting the Commission I had Medicaid coverage: Surgery was scheduled and everything changed.
Rusty Williams: But these cuts affect real people here in West Virginia, and real people are going to suffer.
Medicaid is a lifeline for West Virginians living with cancer and chronic illness
