1.0Kentucky Voices for Healthhttps://kyvoicesforhealth.orgKelly Taulbeehttps://kyvoicesforhealth.org/author/kelly-taulbee/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zNRb5mR80P"><a href="https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/opinion-eastern-kentucky-needs-access-to-care/">Opinion: Eastern Kentucky Needs Access to Care</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/opinion-eastern-kentucky-needs-access-to-care/embed/#?secret=zNRb5mR80P" width="600" height="338" title="“Opinion: Eastern Kentucky Needs Access to Care” — Kentucky Voices for Health" data-secret="zNRb5mR80P" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> I am not an eloquent writer, but I write from the heart with sincerity and compassion. As a dentist in Appalachia, many of the Medicaid expansion patients I treat are the working poor. They rely on Medicaid for access to dental care to manage chronic health conditions and treat dental conditions that would otherwise keep them from working.On July 1st, nearly 500,000 Kentuckians lost their dental coverage without warning. This should not be about politics. This is about humanity. This is abouthttp://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f6d65_3d2882086d5e4a11b614aea2b367faa0~mv2.jpg