AFP-VA Responds to Gov. Northam’s Inaugural Remarks

Jan 13, 2018 by AFP

Grassroots organization pushes back against calls for Medicaid expansion

RICHMOND, VA – Americans for Prosperity-Virginia (AFP-VA) today responded to Governor Northam’s inaugural speech and his call to expand Medicaid. The grassroots organization has long opposed Medicaid expansion and instead supports patient-centered reforms that provide better health, for more people, at a lower cost.

“The status quo of Medicaid is unsustainable and to ignore that fact is an irresponsible if not dangerous approach to improving health care in Virginia. Expanding Medicaid to able-bodied, childless, working-age adults would create a massive burden on taxpayers and crowd out resources intended for truly needy populations like the elderly and disabled,” said AFP-VA State Director JC Hernandez. “If Governor Northam is truly intent on ‘working together to make our Commonwealth work better for all Virginians,’ then we hope he’ll listen to all Virginians, including our activists who know this program would explode our budget and make it more difficult for the truly vulnerable to receive the services they need.”

For further information or an interview, reach Lorenz Isidro at LIsidro@afphq.org or (703) 887-7724.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) exists to recruit, educate, and mobilize citizens in support of the policies and goals of a free society at the local, state, and federal level, helping every American live their dream – especially the least fortunate. AFP has more than 3.2 million activists across the nation, a local infrastructure that includes 36 state chapters, and has received financial support from more than 100,000 Americans in all 50 states. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

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