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As the executive director of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization that represents 147 health care professionals across the state who serve children, and a mom of three myself, I have grave concerns on the far-reaching impacts for West Virginia’s youth and the state should Medicaid cuts be implemented.
It’s feeling a lot like déjà vu in West Virginia. In 1998, the tobacco industry and attorneys general from 46 states settled on a historic deal to pay for the health care costs of smoking. This was the plan: A portion of cigarette sales would provide money to states — about $206 billion in just the first 25 years, and payments would be made in perpetuity. We remember the public feeling around the largest civil litigation in U.S. history.
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