Feb 28, 2021
Here is a waiting area inside the John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center in Fairmont, which faces closure if a bill in the West Virginia Legislature is approved. SUBMITTED PHOTO
FAIRMONT â Members of the Marion County faith community have voiced opposition to a bill that calls for closing the stateâs four long-term care facilities, including the John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center.
The Fairmont Council of Churches approved a resolution opposing House Bill 2626 because health care is so vital to Marion County, said Council President Cathy Reed.
âIf the John Manchin Sr. Center would be shut down think about those 30 or so patients that live there. Where would they go? Where would their families be able locally to place them without them having to go further away?â said Reed.
Jeers to the sponsors of House Bill 2626, which calls for closing each of the state’s four long-term care facilities citing the costs to maintain and repair them are unsustainable.
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
In fiscal year 2019, West Virginiaâs state income tax brought in $2.09 billion to state coffers to fund nearly half of the stateâs services needed to provide a decent quality of life in the Mountain State.
Now, Gov. Jim Justice and the Republican supermajority are bent on cutting â with the full-blown goal of eventually eliminating â the stateâs income tax. However, no one has stepped forward with a solid, logical plan to replace that $2.09 billion needed to run state government.
We urge the governor and the Legislature to pump the brakes on this regressive plan before making a tragic mistake.
FAIRMONT — The state of West Virginia operates four long-term health care facilities including the John Manchin Sr. Healthcare Center in Marion County.
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