 to the St. John's Barrier Security Hub. I've been on Medicaid since I was a kid. If it weren't for eRap, I wouldn't have the means to fully support my child of the month. Today, we are here to deliver over 600 petition signatures from all across the state giving voice to the unheard. We're asking Governor Scott to protect and expand life-saving healthcare and housing policies that were implemented under the pandemic. 200,000 in Vermont have benefited from Medicaid and their VT Emergency Rental Assistance Program, the Emergency Housing Program, during this pandemic. The public health emergency is scheduled to end in January, unless the governor asks an estimated 30,000 Vermont residents will lose their Medicaid. Whether or not the Biden administration extends the public health emergency, we're calling on the governor to ensure that no one in Vermont loses their healthcare or housing and that the emergency measures are expanded so all in Vermont can enjoy our human right to healthcare and housing. I'm sad. Oh, sorry. Is there a staff person that we could deliver the message to? Uh, let me see if there's anyone. Where do you have the petition votes on? They're on these posters right here. Right there? All the signatures, yeah. And speak with anybody in the staff's office right now. You can come through if you want. First, and then he's coming in. Are you both? So you can shoot here? Yeah. There's some folks here that said they were beautiful. That's what I'm all doing there here. When I go to my room, they check. There is not a staff member here at the time, folks. You can leave those here, and I will make sure he gets them, but he's not even in the office tonight. Okay, thanks for checking. So it seems like we can't speak to anybody in the governor's office. So we'll have to share our stories here. I mean, I wish I could help you, you know? Thanks. Hey, who's that? Who's that? That's all right. Who's that queues? And I work part-time at Washington Animal Health Center. I've been on Medicaid for a long time, and I'm in project-based housing. I always have to calculate when I have to, when I work too much or anything like that. Sometimes, and also, I am calling on the governor and legislature to work on the homelessness issue as I have for people out on the street, as I've had to send two people south because they had no other alternative, but to go south, even though one of them had a full time job. I'd like to close with, anyone can become homeless. It can happen to anyone. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. I think so. To leave some of the things because what you're telling me two hours from now, I may forget. Right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. We can try to relay all this. We're just having two more stories to tell. We're filming stuff. Sure. So my name is Zoe. I live in Plainfield and have been on Medicaid since I moved to Vermont two years ago. I work two part-time jobs, one of which doesn't offer any benefits, and the other would take over $300 a month out of my paycheck for health insurance. I already have over $100 a month of medical costs that insurance doesn't cover. And as someone who makes just over the Medicaid limit, I can't afford to lose it. Cheaper public market plans would also be expensive for me because they don't fully cover essential services like mental health and eye care, both of which I rely on daily. Why are these the options we're left with when hospital CEOs and insurance companies are swimming in money? You know what the right thing is, Governor Scott. Don't cut anyone off of Medicaid and instead expand it so that everyone in Vermont has free public health care. My name's Griffin Chumley. I'm going to be chairing 35 Skylar, McGuire, either the White River. My name is Skylar and I live in Bristol. I work two part-time jobs and earn around 30K a year. My employer does not offer benefits. I've been suffering from debilitating anxiety tax as the Medicaid cutoff approaches. My chronic health conditions are becoming worse from the stress of losing access to my doctors. All of this is happening because I work and will make too much for Medicaid despite living paycheck to paycheck. Losing my Medicaid will hinder my ability to climb out of poverty. There is no logic in this system and I am traumatized from having to wonder what parts of my body I'll need to neglect to afford to live in this state, especially during times of high inflation and a housing crisis. Vermont Health Connect and their plans, including tax credits or subsidies, provide zero respite in actuality. It's time to put people over profits. Health care is a human right. Expand Medicaid. Wow, I see yours. Oh! Thank you. We're going to leave these petitions here with you. Sure. Like each one is at demand by the Constitutional and Constitutional. Sure. To stop this insanity and to put people first. We're going to have legitimate concerns, folks. Well, make sure they get these. Thank you. Thank you. You're very welcome. Thank you guys. Health care, stop. There you go. Two, oh, one, two, three, four. All from me and I get back to back.