Reform Medicaid, don't deny it. I work in Healthcare, I see the suffering of the uninsured and the duplication of services and waste in the current system.

Providing healthcare for the poor and disabled through Medicaid expansion will save Virginia money. It also is the moral thing to do.

Expanding Medicaid access to Virginia's poor and disabled is the right thing to do on so many fronts. It will save lives. It will create jobs. And it will save Virginia taxpayers billions of dollars every year.

I believe that every society needs to make it possible for it's citizens to receive good healthcare!

The purpose of this petition is to ask Del. Terry Kilgore of Virginia's District 1 to vote in favor of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. We want to ask him to do what is right for Virginians, all Virginians, including approximately 191,000 citizens of this state that are uninsured and waiting to see if their elected officials will do what's right for them. This is something that should be common sense, as it won't create extra financial burden for the state nor will it create extra burden on hospitals or doctors' offices. The federal government will be paying for Virginia to expand Medicaid, and roughly 30,000 new jobs will be created, many of which will be in the medical field. This has already passed through the state Senate and is favored by Virginia citizens. All that's needed is for a few members of the Virginia House of Delegates to approve this measure. That is all that is blocking the 191,000 Virginians from getting much-needed medical insurance. Most of these people are Virginia's working poor, some of which must hold two or three jobs and still cannot make ends meet, let alone afford insurance. Why not make an investment in Virginia's citizens, including the poor, the disabled, and the working middle class, by giving them the security of knowing they will have both preventative care as well as treatment for illness and injury? We are asking Del. Terry Kilgore to have empathy for these 191,000 Virginia citizens, and the many future generations that could experience better health and quality of life because of Medicaid expansion. Many of Delegate Kilgore's own constituency would greatly benefit from having increased access to healthcare services. As a voting citizen of District 1 I feel strongly that If Del. Kilgore were to support this expansion, it would show voting citizens in his own district that he does care and take seriously their ability to access necessary medical services, and it would also be noticed and appreciated by all Virginians. Please sign this petition encouraging him to do so, and to show him just how many people see this as a good, progressive move into a better way of life.

Many children in Virginia have parents that are working but still live below the poverty line. These families deserve access to quality healthcare.

Why are giving money to other states and not supporting our own citizens?

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.