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Patrick Morrisey: “West Virginia is ranked at the bottom for obesity, diabetes…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Gov. Morrisey Discusses Rural Health Outcomes in Moundsville

Published | Video Starts at 40:50

What seems to be the biggest health. Problem in West Virginia right now? You know, as you know, Jocelyn, there are a lot of disease states where West Virginia is ranked at the bottom for obesity, diabetes, prevalence of COPD, and congestive heart failure. if you look at congestive heart failure, there are a lot of areas that we think we could make meaningful improvements. And when you make those improvements, they feed into the system. (40:50–40:58)

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Asserts that West Virginia ranks poorly in obesity, diabetes, COPD, and congestive heart failure.

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