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Joe Manchin is hurting the working uninsured in West Virginia and it makes me sick. This guy never ceases to amaze me. Manchin is posturing to undercut the most important Democratic policy achievement of the last three decades. Not only is he exposing himself as a rube in Washington DC but the K Street lobbyists seem to have him in their back pocket.
Manchin has indicated that he would roll back the expansion of health insurance for the working poor under Medicaid. This is suppose to cover about 180k West Virginians. Manchin has also said he would roll back the insurance mandate. Apparently without the mandate the coverage expansions for those receiving subsidies are not possible. I read a Rockefeller quote that indicated something like 170k West Virginians would be eligible for these subsidies. That is 350k West Virginians that Manchin is throwing under the bus.
He must be getting his talking points from the RNC or the Chamber of Commerce because he certainly doesn't care about the plight of the common West Virginian. Manchin is an embarrassment and he is hurting our State without his ineptitude.
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