Medicaid expansion supporters in Virginia have new hope
"They kept saying, 'Go to the emergency room, go to the emergency room' and I was like, 'I can't afford the emergency room," he said.
Batalona said he makes
"It would definitely be something great to take off the table," he said.
Batalona is one thousands of working poor in
Long a political nonstarter in the Old Dominion, Medicaid expansion's prospects are much brighter this year. And the momentum shift is due largely to President
A federal-state collaboration originally meant for poor families and severely disabled people, Medicaid has grown to become the largest government health insurance program, now covering 1 in 5 people. Under former President
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"We can't be the party of 'no,'" Kilgore said after announcing his change of position.
"I can't even describe in words what kind of relief that would be," she said.
Opponents of expansion said the program is unaffordable and the federal government's pledge to cover no less than 90 percent of the costs is unreliable.
"There are so many uncertainties about Medicaid and Medicaid expansion right now that a more fiscally constrained approach is to not expand it at this point," said Republican Senate Majority Leader
Overall, the state estimates that 400,000 people would be eligible for Medicaid expansion and about three-quarters of them would sign up.
Batalona is one of about 4,200 people in Norment's district who would qualify for Medicaid expansion, according to the nonprofit
"It would not be fair to them to say, 'Oh we couldn't afford to keep you alive, sorry,'" he said.
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