West Virginians already struggle to get health care. It’s about to get much worse.

A 1950s medical model grows in Maine

Photo courtesy Apotheosis Health Direct Primary Care.After about 15 years in different health care settings, Brad Tuttle and his wife, Alley Tuttle, decided to leave traditional health care and start a direct primary care clinic in Bangor because they saw a “big collapse coming.” And now, with U.S. House Republicans moving forward with a vote on legislation that would cut nearly $1 trillion in spending on Medicaid over the next decade, Tuttle sa…

West Virginians already struggle to get health care. It’s about to get much worse.

Emergency rooms in West Virginia are overwhelmed with patients. Cots sit in hallways. Patients in waiting rooms scream in pain. Many people who use drugs don’t have local treatment centers. Local doctors’ offices are in short supply. West Virginians already struggle to find the health care they need. It’s about to get much, much worse.  Republicans in Congress are closing in on the final passage of a funding bill that would drastically cut Medic…