SSICA: KOCO’S MECCA RAYNE SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT IT. IT’S NEW AT 10:00. MECCA: PAUL AND JESS, THIS GATHERING WITH THE REVEREN JESSE JACKSON WAS REALLY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING HEALTH CARE CUTS. DON’T CUT ME, DON’T CUT ME. IT MATTERS. AND YOU MATTER. I MATTER. BROUGHT REVEREND JESSE JACKSON FIGHTING FOR WHO HE CALLS THE UNHEARD. AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD ACCORDING TO THE REVEREND, IS HOW BADLY A PROPOSED 25% CUT TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES WOULD BE. IT IS A TICKET TO DEATH. IT’S INCONCEIVABLE A VETERAN WOULD SERVE IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY, COME BACK HOME, AND BE DENIED FEDERAL HEALTH CARE. MECCA: SAYING SENIORS, THOSE WHO LIVE IN RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE AND THE POOR WOULD BE HIT UNBELIEVEABLY HARD AS WELL. WE ARE CLOSING HOSPITAL SENIOR CITIZENS HOME FOR CHILDREN, FOR THE POOR. THE PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER. MECCA: AND JACKSON CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS TO DO BETTER. HE BELIEVES THERE ARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE THAT SIMPLY AREN’T BEING USED. IT’S NOT THAT WE DON’T HAVE THE MONEY. WE ACCEPT THAT MONEY FOR OIL SUBSIDY. WE WON’T ACCEPT THAT MONEY FOR THE POOR. MECCA:
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