“If you’re a Republican in Southside or southwest Virginia, you have one reason to reject Medicaid expansion — the voters who object to it — and two reasons for vote for it: the high level of uninsured constituents and the financial challenges that rural hospitals are facing,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.
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Hospitalizing Virginia’s budget: State policy shifts in budget compromise (Daily Press)
“If you’re a Republican in Southside or southwest Virginia, you have one reason to reject Medicaid expansion — the voters who object to it — and two reasons for vote for it: the high level of uninsured constituents and the financial challenges that rural hospitals are facing,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.
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