By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Constituents of Rep. Riley Moore and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito demanded their legislators protect Medicaid and Medicare in a pair of protests outside their Morgantown offices Monday.
Rep. Moore voted for a 10-year budget blueprint in the House of Representatives which cuts $800 billion from the federal budget, removing funding for government services. To make the math work, the government will have to decide what services to end. The Medicaid budget is $880 billion. The blueprint is now in the Senate for consideration