Friday News Flyover - 11.10.2023 - Joe Manchin is moving on - OH, KY, and VA progressives win, and more

Marion Co Kansas newspaper raid | Hospitals are suing patients and putting liens on their homes to get paid | Missouri Sunshine Laws are alive and well | Joe Manchin retiring from the U.S. Senate probably to run for President alongside RFK Jr., Jill Stein, and Cornel West in 2024's JV electionWelcome to The Heartland POD for a Flyover Friday, this is Sean Diller and with me today are my cohosts Rachel Parker and Adam SommerWe’re glad to have you with us and if you’re new to our shows make sure you subscribe, and leave a 5 star rating wherever you’re listening to our shows, remember to look for The Heartland POD content on youtube and learn more about our shows and hosts at heartlandpod.comLet’s get into the stories2023 Election Results That Caught Your Eye?Ohio Issue 1 on abortion  Massive win for abortion rights  - 56-43, 13 point margin is pretty massive especially in this age of often close partisan election resultsKansas 2022 measure was 59-41, also was a larger election but still, bigger marginCounty map breakdown on votehttps://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-issue-1-abortion-rights-passes-county-map/45772375GOP still promising to ignore voters and do what they think is best, because they don’t care what people thinkinghttps://www.salon.com/2023/11/08/this-isnt-the-end-top-ohio-vows-effort-to-undo-abortion-amendment-backed-by/Virginia house and senate flipped to Dems after Youngkin’s double down on abortionYoungkin pushed for voters to give him a GOP majority in both chambers so they could make abortion super illegal, and voters said, “That’s gonna be a no from me, dawg”Sound bite from the ghost of Josh Hawley’s future  https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1722092355770016036?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GAKentucky reelected a Democrat for Governor - Andy BeshearMoms for Liberty candidates LOST in almost every race they were inhttps://www.kcrg.com/2023/11/09/moms-liberty-backed-school-board-candidates-overwhelmingly-lose-elections/Summary of results on Ballotpediahttps://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2023The folks behind the Marion Co. newspaper raid that left an elderly woman and former publisher dead were more involved than they ever let on and it looks like what we thought it was all alonghttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/11/06/kansas-officials-downplayed-involvement-in-marion-raid-heres-what-they-knew/Chaos in Missouri’s Medicaid Programhttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/11/02/medicaid-unwinding-breeds-chaos-in-states-as-millions-lose-coverage/Callers in Missouri reported waiting on hold for more than two hours on hotlines to renew their Medicaid coveragePeople in North Carolina are losing their homes to hospital billshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/06/hospitals-lawsuits-atrium-north-carolina?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherNotes (just for reference):In 2005, to secure a debt of $23,311 from Sandra’s treatment, a lawyer for the hospital convinced the couple to sign a deed of trust to their home. It required Atrium’s debt and attorneys’ fees to be paid before the home could be sold, transferred or refinanced.In 2010, Belk was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Suddenly, he owed another $6,792, which he could not pay. In 2012, the hospital sued to collect its money and succeeded. Another lien was placed on the family home, with an 8% annual interest rate and more attorneys’ fees on top. Worse, Sandra’s cancer returned.In 2013, Sandra died at 61. That did not stop the hospital from refiling the debt lien from her initial treatment, when it would have otherwise expired in 2022. That has allowed the hospital to retain a stake in Belk’s home to this day.Rebecca Varney, a good trouble maker in Missouri’s Phelps County, and a Missouri court agrees - and awards almost $44,000 in attorney fees as a reulthttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/11/08/phelps-county-judge-rules-missouri-city-tried-to-intimidate-woman-with-ban-on-city-hall-visits/Edgar Springs, a town of 200 in southern Phelps County, must pay a nominal fine of $150 to Rebecca Varney for banning her from city hall for four years, and for holding several closed meetings with business that should have been conducted in public, Judge John Beger decided.  The cost of the violations will be far more than that, however, because Beger also ordered the city to pay $43,995 in attorneys fees, plus additional costs that have not yet been calculated to bring the case to trial. 
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