Beginning March 3, we’re putting up billboards—funded by small dollar donations from MoveOn members—in six states (Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Virginia). The billboards are designed to mimic current state tourism campaigns, and to call out the governors and state legislators standing in the way of Medicaid expansion.
Twenty five states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid, but Republican governors and state legislatures in another twenty one states are standing in the way. They are, in effect, denying health care access to more than 5 million Americans and their actions could undermine the Affordable Care Act.
Expand medicaid in Virginia today, to provide healthcare to 425,000 Virginians and create 30,000 jobs. It doesn’t cost the state anything! Let’s get our families the care they need and our seniors the care they’ve earned..
