This petition is to keep thousands of Virginians from "falling through the cracks", unable to have health care. It will also help the state financially.

I find it difficult to believe that you would stand between citizens of Virginia receiving health care and the expansion of Medicaid. You are receiving healthcare, why would you not want for those unable to afford health care the opportunity to receive Medicaid?

Most of the people on Medicaid here are seniors who have worked hard their entire lives, paying taxes into the system for other people's benefits. They are not lazy welfare kings and queens, they are not neo-communists who feel too entitled to support true capitalism, they are regular people who have paid their entire lives for benefits that the state is now saying they probably won't receive. These elderly former farmers and their families put food on your plate, those who work on Dahlgren navy base, most of whom were deployed at some point, risked their lives to keep the invaders off our shores. And most of all, they paid you millions of dollars each over their entire lives with the expectation of a few hundred a month back so they wouldn't spend their last years tilling the field until their hearts explode in their chests! They too believe in the value of hard work and christian values, they are just like you. So how dare you deny them and hundreds of thousands others their very lives simply because of a personal ideological slant? Support Medicaid expansion in Virginia! The generally underserved Northern neck region especially! King George may not be poor, but we aren't rich either, and most of us can't afford to pay full coverage premiums into our last years.

This expansion is to provide health coverage for disadvantage Virginians. It will relieve hospitals of emergency room costs due to treating the uninsured. Those costs will no longer be passed long to others.

As a former kindergarten teacher who literally heard the cries of a child without health insurance, I urge you to support this expansion. It will help the working poor such as the parents of the child I taught whose parents had to choose between rent, food, and health care.

Medicaid expansion in VA will help a lot of folks that need help.

hi I just received an email from Randy, his position is that VA should pass a clean basic funding bill, and then focus on a single issue legislation enabling VA to provide the extended Medicaid (Victory) :) .. I am also asking him to host a town hall on a brain storming session on how to rekindle the American Dream esp. for High School Seniors. He apparently is reacting to the public debate.. I grew up and lived in Canada where basic needs like health care, housing, food was available for the poor, although it was still a struggle for the families, the government made sure the children of the poor received enough support such they were in a position to contribute to the economy as adults. I am a proud US citizen, and what to see the best future for this country, I have a senior and junior in Loudon County High school and they both tell me the American Dream is Dead! Can you believe that? We need to reverse this thinking in our young adults, one way is to show them leadership in tough decisions!

There are many people in your district who are not covered by medical insurance of any kind. This puts a tremendous burden on local taxpayers who have to cover their medical costs locally when we have already paid federal taxes to support this benefit. In essence, we are paying twice when our federal tax money is going to pay for medical care for those in other states. The local hospital does tremendous charitable work, but the financial burden on them is enormous. Likewise, our local jail has to cover inmate medical costs; again, we are taxed twice. It not only is the right thing to do to see that everyone has medical care, but it is the smart and economical thing to do. Please support residents of your district, not those with other agendas.

The special legislative session is a huge opportunity to expand access to health care in Virginia. Let our delegate, Brenda Pogge, know that you care about whether she votes to support nearly 200,000 Virginians being able to gain access to health care. It will save lives. And it will save Virginia taxpayers billions of dollars every year.

Affordable health care will serve as preventive medicine and in the long run will cost less than fixing people after they become ill. Besides, it is the right thing to do.

There is a least one person, but probably many more subjected to abject pain and suffering of ill health without recourse to any effective avenue for its surcease or mitigation. Reliable estimates of the actual number of persons, real live men, women, adults and children, are said to be greater than 190 ,000; just one is inexcusable

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