Vigil for health care, Medicaid expansion held in Marion

Wednesday evening, folks gathered in front of the McDowell County Courthouse as a call for action on the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina.

“We are living in a time where the truth is a lie and a lie is the truth,” said Mayor Pro Tem Billy Martin at the vigil. “We have people in North Carolina who are hurting in so many ways because our legislative leaders in Raleigh refuse to expand Medicaid. A half million citizens in our state could obtain health insurance if our politicians would do the right thing.”