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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 ...

Report details Medicaid beneficiaries: Backers of expansion of the federal program in Virginia say low-paid workers would benefit.

Report details Medicaid beneficiaries: Backers of expansion of the federal program in Virginia say low-paid workers would benefit.

Published by The Roanoke Times on June 5, 2014.By Laurence HammackSupporters of Medicaid expansion in Virginia sought to turn a political issue personal Thursday with a report tha ...

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Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid

Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid

June 29th, 2014, 12:47 pmFredericksburg.comAbout 80 people showed up in Fredericksburg this morning to march across the Falmouth Bridge to House Speaker Bill Howell’s office ...

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Report to Show Working Virginians Would Gain Access to Health Coverage through Medicaid Expansion

Report to Show Working Virginians Would Gain Access to Health Coverage through Medicaid Expansion

For Immediate Release: May 29, 2014 Report Details Key Occupations of Uninsured Working VirginiansWashington, D.C.—On Thursday, June 5, at 10 a.m. EDT, Virginia Organiz ...

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There’s another scandal in American health care

There’s another scandal in American health care

Read the full story on Vox by clicking here.By Ezra KleinThe investigation is ongoing, but as of now, it looks like overwhelmed VA hospitals shunted some veterans onto secret wait ...

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Medicaid: State Legislature Urged to do the Right Thing

Medicaid: State Legislature Urged to do the Right Thing

Published on May 22, 2014 by the Free Lance-StarBy Sandra A. Cook and LeeAnn HallHouse Speaker William Howell is digging in his heels against accepting federal funds to expand hea ...

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Community Members Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion

Community Members Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2014What: Rally to support Medicaid expansion When: Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Portsmouth City Hall (801 Crawfor ...

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What the Doctor Ordered

What the Doctor Ordered

Crossposted from The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis By Massey Whorley Hundreds of lives across Virginia could be saved if lawmakers close the coverage gap by extending ...

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This is Unacceptable

This is Unacceptable

 As you know, for every day that Virginia fails to expand Medicaid, we lose $5 million we could be receiving in federal tax dollars — taxes that Virginians have already ...

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VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE   #77      March 26, 2014

VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE #77 March 26, 2014

OPEN ENROLLMENT ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE CLOSES NEXT TUESDAY MARCH 31.  This is the new way to buy health insurance for yourself or your family.  Private ...

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Central Virginia: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Staunton and Charlottesville

Central Virginia: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Staunton and Charlottesville

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

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