Medicaid worries dominate town hall

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "If you take away Medicaid, they will have to go to a doctor to get the vaccine, they will have to pay for the visit and for the vaccine" thereby decreasing the chances they will go to get the vaccine in the first place, he said.
54% : About 25 percent of the people in the 10th Congressional District receive Medicaid, which is comprehensive health care for low income people.
52% : Chin said Republicans are talking about work requirements to which she noted 64% of people receiving Medicaid already do work.
38% : "I know there's been a lot of fear about Medicaid," said McIver, a Democrat representing the 10th Congressional District, which includes West Orange, East Orange, Orange and Irvington among other towns.
37% : "I want people to see my family and know there are many like mine who will be profoundly affected by this if Medicaid gets cut.
34% : WEST ORANGE -- About 200 people, several using motorized wheelchairs and others walking aided by canes, turned out with questions about the future of Medicaid at a town hall meeting held by congressional Rep. LaMonica McIver.
32% : " Some people in the audience had questions, unrelated to Medicaid, about the Trump administration.

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