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Virginia Moses - Huntington, WV

August 17, 2025

Virginia Moses of Huntington, WV expresses her concern over recent Medicaid cuts and the impact it will have on rural and impoverished areas of the state.


Video Transcript


My name is Virginia Moses. I live in Huntington, West Virginia, and I am 59 years old. Currently receive disability and I am on Medicaid. We need to protect our Medicaid because people can't work enough to get enough money to afford to buy their prescriptions and other things that they need that are medical supplies. Medicaid helps to receive...to get these supplies that we need. that will put

How would losing access to health care services through Medicaid impact YOU?

supplies that we need. that will put us a lot more in poverty and we will not be able to afford to buy medications and food and clothing and pay our utilities. If this is cut, what are we supposed to do in rural community, small communities like we have them in our area, this would be a bad impact on the hospitals. They would have to close their doors. Because people wouldn't be able to get their their uh essential life saving support that they need. If I could tell and see the lawmakers, I would tell them billionaires and millionaires can afford everything, but the poor people is what gets you all voted in, you all work for us.



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