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appalachiablue

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9. Hey there neighbor. A month ago I saw a clip of Joe M.
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 10:55 AM
Oct 2018

being asked about the SC vote, and he replied that he didn't know yet and has 800,000 (!?) people with pre-existing medical conditions. That's huge with the 1.8 million population.

According to a recent post here, the ACA caused the no. of uninsured in the Mt. State to go down from 26% to 9% if I recall correctly. That will change severely now with a far right judge like Kav, and steady GOP damage to the ACA, Medicaid and Medicare.

So life will become more difficult for many people as a result. Besides banning Fox and hate radio, and supporting Dems. and grassroots action I don't know what can be done about the large uninformed populace that continues to support extreme conservatives.

I've pointed out WVa.'s long history of voting Dem. but the 'here and now' viewpoint is strong. A good thing there are still many of us around who remember different times, prior to the later 90s & 2000s when WVa. turned red.

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