June 30th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Medicaid in West Virginia has become essential for affordable and accessible health care yet recently Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice had voted to cut some funding for the program. Ellen Allen with West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare says more than half a million Mountain State residents rely on Medicaid services, including many in nursing homes that may shut down without funds…

   

“These are people who couldn’t afford long-term care and policies. Their families don’t have the resources to support them. So what are you going to do with 72,000 people in skilled nursing facilities when Medicaid is not there to support it?”