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irisblue

(32,973 posts)
1. A few points
Sat Aug 10, 2019, 10:59 AM
Aug 2019

-WVa took O-care $ for expansion

-Their rep AG is part of the lawsuit trying to shut down O-Care.

-This will have a huge ripple in the area

- Delievery of Health Care is a profit making business.
Source-http://wvmetronews.com/2019/07/08/arguments-in-obamacare-appeal-set-for-tuesday/


Snip-"West Virginia is one of 37 states to expand Medicaid. The state Department of Health and Human Resources tweeted Monday that 155,587 people are enrolled in coverage that is part of West Virginia’s Medicaid expansion.

In addition, the state’s uninsured rate has fallen since “Obamacare” went into effect, decreasing from 14% in 2013 to 5.3% in 2016. The rate did increase to 6.1% in 2017.

The Kaiser Family Foundation previously reported premiums in West Virginia have more than doubled between 2014 and 2019."

Snip-"December verdict against the law. A coalition of Republican-led states, which includes West Virginia, put forward a lawsuit challenging “Obamacare.”

Snips put of sequence?

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