00:00My name is Joshua Copley, and I just graduated from a local high school, Tug Valley High School.
00:06In Mingo County, we don't even have a hospital.
00:10Our hospital was shut down years ago.
00:14The only hospital we have is Tug Valley ARH, which is in Kentucky.
00:19We don't have nowhere to go.
00:21You have people all the way in the head of Marboner Dingus, which is in rural, rural Mingo County,
00:28that will take 55 minutes for a paramedic to get to them.
00:34And that should not be a problem.
00:36We shouldn't have someone on the floor on the verge of dying and the hospital not even being able to reach them.
00:44Josh, thank you very much.
00:53Okay, who else wants to comment on health care in Mingo?
00:58I see a hand right.
01:00Woman right here.
01:01Please stand up.
01:02Hi, my name is Sheila Rose, and I ended up back in Mingo County where I grew up after a chronic illness paralyzed me about four years ago.
01:12I've come a long way since then, but any time I need to see a specialist, it's a two-hour trip.
01:19Any time I need a referral to a new specialist, it's a six-month wait.
01:24There is no way to stay healthy in Mingo County.
01:30Okay.
01:38Other thoughts on health care?
01:41Yes, sir.
01:42Hello, Senator Sanders.
01:48My name is London Donahoe, and my health care, it's all across West Virginia, it's an issue.
01:55I'm from Cabell County, and it's two counties over, and we are a large city for West Virginia,
02:00and still, it is a struggle to find health care that you are insured with,
02:06and find a place that you can actually go.
02:09I had a situation this week, and I tried to go to the dentist, and my dentist doesn't take my insurance,
02:14so we had to find a whole new dentist, which I was unfamiliar with,
02:18and then when I attempted to go there, we still had a struggle, even them finding our insurance,
02:23because there, even though they said the insurance would work, it did not work there as well.
02:27So, no matter where you are in the state, it seems like it's a struggle,
02:31and I'm sure that's across the country, but it's just, you know, as a young person,
02:35I want to live in a country, in a world where you can have health care for free, or wherever.
02:41All right, let me ask another question.
02:43I want you to think about this.
02:49Why don't we do what Canada or European countries do?
02:53And every country has a different system.
02:55Some of them work better than others, but the basic premise of all of them is health care is a human right,
03:01and that people, regardless of their income, should be able to get care.
03:05Why don't we have that in America, do you think?
03:08All right.
03:11Money.
03:11All right.
03:12All right.
03:13All right.
03:14I've asked you a question.
03:15Well, here we go.
03:36All right.
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