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Miles Archer

(21,254 posts)
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 04:43 PM Nov 30

VA county Trump carred by 50 points in 2024 loses rural Health Clinic due to his Big B*llshit Bill.

As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.

Gone are the days of seniors walking down the road from their house to see the town doctor.

Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations.

“I’ve called around trying to find a replacement, a new doctor, and for just a well-being appointment, the soonest is the end of January,” said Teresa Leach, 56, in an interview while sipping her coffee at the MTN. Mystic shop just a few feet from the shuttered clinic. Leach, who has asthma, said she voted for Trump last year.

Trump carried Augusta County, which includes Churchville, by nearly 50 points in 2024. Jena Crisler, a physician, ran to represent the area in the Virginia House of Delegates and lost this month to the Republican incumbent by more than 40 points even in a Democratic statewide sweep.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/politics/trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-rural-healthcare

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VA county Trump carred by 50 points in 2024 loses rural Health Clinic due to his Big B*llshit Bill. (Original Post) Miles Archer Nov 30 OP
"Leach, who has asthma, said she voted for Trump last year." Botany Nov 30 #1
What doesn't get said often enough... Miles Archer Nov 30 #11
I think inhalers are pretty expensive. What a shame if she loses her health insurance. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 30 #20
They'd thank Trump for it RandySF Nov 30 #2
They got what they voted for DFW Nov 30 #3
Yes, Magats are crazy in love with confirmation bias. ananda Nov 30 #9
I hope local media people connect the dots in straightforward language so townsfolk know how they got screwed. Beartracks Nov 30 #4
GOOD FOR THEM. You B.See Nov 30 #5
They only meant to pooch everybody elses clinics. marble falls Nov 30 #8
Wait till they find out Trump B.See Nov 30 #12
The fact that Dem brought the gap down this month by 10% has nationwide GOPs pissing in their pants. GreenWave Nov 30 #6
Merry freaking Christmas to the dingbats who voted MAGA in. marble falls Nov 30 #7
"Across the street from the coffee shop, a sign in the window of a storefront reads, "Thank you, Trump, Save America Aga BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 30 #10
oops. lol. pansypoo53219 Nov 30 #13
They malaise Nov 30 #14
"But that's ok because he's deporting the Mexicans and starving the Black people" dalton99a Nov 30 #15
Too bad, so sad mercuryblues Nov 30 #16
They got exactly what they voted for. LisaL Nov 30 #17
Zero sympathy from me to anyone who voted for this sh!t. OMGWTF Nov 30 #18
Maybe their racism and bigotry will serve as substitutes for medical care. Orrex Nov 30 #19
The voted for that, so no sympathy MissouriDem47 Nov 30 #21
I wonder if lack of health care out there in Trumpville is going to mean fewer Trump voters. Aristus Nov 30 #22
Sad. Anyway... NameAlreadyTaken Nov 30 #23

Botany

(76,108 posts)
1. "Leach, who has asthma, said she voted for Trump last year."
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 04:53 PM
Nov 30

FAFO. It would be a shame if she has an asthmamatic attack before she finds a doctor
which causes damage to her heart and lungs, she winds up in a nursing home, gets
COVID, and it goes to pneumonia.



Miles Archer

(21,254 posts)
11. What doesn't get said often enough...
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:13 PM
Nov 30

...is that for every person like Leach, for every business owner who's shuttered because of ICE Barbie's raids, WE are all paying the price AS WELL.

The media's going to do this "human interest" angle on Trump voters who got screwed, but the reality is that unless you're a millionaire or a tech broligarch like Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, this is not a story of God-fearin', freedom-lovin' old folks who can no longer walk to their local clinic.

They are a SEGMENT of society, and we are going through it because of THEIR VOTE, but I want to see MORE STORIES about Americans who DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP and are getting screwed JUST AS SEVERELY as those poor, sad, old MAGAts.

DFW

(59,588 posts)
3. They got what they voted for
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:01 PM
Nov 30

And not a one of them will admit it or believe it. They'll never see the connection because they simply don't want to.

ananda

(34,190 posts)
9. Yes, Magats are crazy in love with confirmation bias.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:09 PM
Nov 30

And they literally don't see or care about anything else.

Beartracks

(14,265 posts)
4. I hope local media people connect the dots in straightforward language so townsfolk know how they got screwed.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:02 PM
Nov 30

B.See

(7,546 posts)
5. GOOD FOR THEM. You
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:02 PM
Nov 30

need reap what you SOW. Especially when you vote with the intent to DO HARM TO OTHERS.

B.See

(7,546 posts)
12. Wait till they find out Trump
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:15 PM
Nov 30

also fkd their health insurance, coverage, out of pocket costs, and their social security.

Like we've been SAYING he would.

How 'great' are we feeling NOW, chumps?

GreenWave

(12,123 posts)
6. The fact that Dem brought the gap down this month by 10% has nationwide GOPs pissing in their pants.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:02 PM
Nov 30

It was a statewide phenomena. And looks to be nationwide.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,412 posts)
10. "Across the street from the coffee shop, a sign in the window of a storefront reads, "Thank you, Trump, Save America Aga
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:13 PM
Nov 30

Across the street from the coffee shop, a sign in the window of a storefront reads, “Thank you, Trump, Save America Again.”

OMGWTF

(4,984 posts)
18. Zero sympathy from me to anyone who voted for this sh!t.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:29 PM
Nov 30

Congratulations fumduck -- THIS is what you voted for.

Aristus

(71,453 posts)
22. I wonder if lack of health care out there in Trumpville is going to mean fewer Trump voters.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:44 PM
Nov 30

I'm not saying I want that to happen. But it's hard to argue that it's not what they wanted to happen.

You get what you vote for, hillbilly dickheads...

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