To: Terry G. Kilgore (VA-1)
Del. Terry Kilgore: Please support Medicaid expansion
Expand Medicaid for 191,000 poor and disabled Virginians. Expanding Medicaid will help create 30,000 new jobs and save Virginia taxpayers billions of dollars per year.
Why is this important?
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.
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.