Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I believe that all responsible citizens who genuinely want to see medical help for those truly in need are accommodated. And in looking over the past 10 years, our commonwealth has done an excellent job of taking care of responsible people in need who enjoy the same doctors and medical care as private insurance or Medicare would provide.

There is absolutely no reason for the Commonwealth of Virginia to jump on the federal Medicaid expansion when questions come up all the time about the presence of federal programs absent the clear thinking and affordability to make it a workable solution. The federal government has doused and misled all Americans on the present health care program initiated last year, and as Ms. Pelosi said, we need to pass the  law so we will know what it’s all about, and that has been the furthest from the truth.

The federal government now says they’re going to pay 100 percent of this progra...