If the Senate healthcare bill passes, it will dramatically increase premiums for Virginians across the commonwealth and cut coverage for Medicaid enrollees too.

If the Senate healthcare bill passes, it will dramatically increase premiums for Virginians across the commonwealth and cut coverage for Medicaid enrollees too.

Yet Ed Gillespie seems to think that healthcare isn’t a state issue and is silent on whether or not he supports the bill.

With over 520,000 Virginians estimated to be at risk of losing their coverage, there’s no bigger issue facing our commonwealth. See why below:

Data based on a 60-year-old with an annual income of $40,000.

Sources:
Premium increase: Kaiser Family Foundation
Population data: US Census
Medicaid data: Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services