Affordable healthcare advocates urge lawmakers to adjust state budget funding for Medicaid recipients

Story by Kat Skeldon, MetroNews CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid nearly one-third of West Virginians relying on Medicaid, the state-federal affordable healthcare insurance program could face over a $100 million dollar shortfall if lawmakers don’t act. State healthcare experts met on Monday morning in Charleston advocating for West Virginia legislators to vote to preserve and protect Medicaid…