Tony Hedgepeth, a home care worker, speaks from a hospital gurney during a protest outside the Hippodrome. The gurney symbolized how proposed Medicaid cuts could threaten access to care for thousands of Virginia families.
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Protesters call out Sears’ silence on Medicaid cuts
Dozens of union workers, healthcare professionals and local residents rallied outside the Hippodrome Theater on Tuesday, June 17, where Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears held her election night party for the Virginia governor’s race.