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  • 2024 Legislative Priorities

    2024 Legislative Priorities

    The 2024 General Assembly session begins Wednesday, January 10 and ends March 9. Our power as an organization is in the people who take action with us, and thanks to you we've buil ...

  • The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    On August 29, President Biden announced that Medicare has selected the first 10 medications that they will negotiate lower prices for. These negotiations were made possible by the ...

  • The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    In the fight against childhood cancer, children are noncombatants. That is the response of The Alyssa House Board Chair, Lynn Divers, to the more common conception of cancer treatm ...

  • Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Not all mental health care is created equal. For Myra Anderson of Brave Souls on Fire, nothing underlines that statement more than the ways Black people have experienced marginaliz ...

Group sends a Medicaid message

Group sends a Medicaid message

 BY PAMELA GOULD / THE FREE LANCE-STARJune 30, 2014Former Fredericksburg Mayor Lawrence Davies carried a poster-board sign as he joined about 80 people Sunday morning in a si ...

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Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions

Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions

Posted on Governor McAuliffe's website on June 20, 2014.Good Morning.Over the past six days, my finance team and I have carefully reviewed the Biennial Budget that was transmi ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!

BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!

Today, we have terrific news to share!We are very excited with Governor Terry McAuliffe’s decision to line-item veto the obstacles in the budget that legislators put in his ...

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Medicaid Expansion “Good” for Va. Budget, Healthcare System

Medicaid Expansion “Good” for Va. Budget, Healthcare System

Published by the Public News Service on June 20, 2014by Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - As the fight over Medicaid expansion continues, budget numbers from around the nation sugges ...

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Southside: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Martinsville and Danville

Southside: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Martinsville and Danville

For Immediate Release: June 10, 2014LOCAL VIGILS PART OF NINE ACROSS VIRGINIA What: Vigils in support of Medicaid expansion When: Thursday, June 12 at 8 p.m. ...

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Virginia Organizing Condemns General Assembly’s Budget That Denies Health Care Coverage to 400,000 Virginians

Virginia Organizing Condemns General Assembly’s Budget That Denies Health Care Coverage to 400,000 Virginians

Petersburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook released the following statement after the General Assembly passed a budget that actively denies Medicaid expa ...

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Medicaid Expansion is NOT Dead

Medicaid Expansion is NOT Dead

As you may have heard by now, the General Assembly passed a budget that failed to include Medicaid expansion and requires legislative approval before expansion can begin.  ...

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A Community Conversation on Children’s Mental Health

A Community Conversation on Children’s Mental Health

Read the full article from Public News Service By Dan Heyman RICHMOND, Va. - With reforms underway in Virginia for children's mental health services, lawmakers and advocates want ...

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Virginia Organizing South Hampton Roads Chapter Issue Team and Local Department of Health Recognized for Health Care Work

Virginia Organizing South Hampton Roads Chapter Issue Team and Local Department of Health Recognized for Health Care Work

For Immediate Release: June 2, 2014Virginia Beach, Va.—Virginia Organizing recognized the Virginia Beach Department of Health and Virginia Organizing South Hampton Roads Cha ...

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Pennington Gap: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Pennington Gap

Pennington Gap: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Pennington Gap

For Immediate Release: June 10, 2014LOCAL VIGIL PART OF NINE ACROSS VIRGINIA What: Vigil in support of Medicaid expansion When: Thursday, June 12 at 8 p.m. ...

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