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'Without that medicine, I can't survive.'
About 30% of Danville’s roughly 42,000 residents relied on federal low-income health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program in 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Many of those people could potentially lose their health coverage if Congress cuts federal funding for Medicaid.
VPM News spoke to Danville residents who would be affected by federal Medicaid cuts, including two who said they would not be able to afford their housing or lifesaving medication without their government-funded coverage.
Martina Tatum — a community health worker who handles cases for about 20 people who depend on government-sponsored programs like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security for their care — said she’s worried about what could happen to her patients if Congress cuts funding for Medicaid: “This hits the people that are struggling anyway.”
BizSense Beat: Richmond water treatment plant, modular apartments, GreenCity suit
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, Jonathan Spiers of BizSense joins host Lyndon German to discuss the latest issues at Richmond’s water treatment plant, a group of housing organizations looking to build Richmond’s first modularly-constructed apartments, and a new lawsuit over the stalled GreenCity development in Henrico County.