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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 ...

New Virginia Trust Fund Would Pay For Closing Coverage Gap Through 2050

New Virginia Trust Fund Would Pay For Closing Coverage Gap Through 2050

Published on March 5, 2014RICHMOND, VA - Investing budget savings from accepting federal dollars to close the coverage gap could pay for expanded coverage for the next 35 yea ...

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Personal Stories Regarding The Medicaid Gap

Personal Stories Regarding The Medicaid Gap

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Consider Medicaid’s Mental Health Role

Consider Medicaid’s Mental Health Role

Published February 15, 2014I have been following with great interest the public debate in this session of the General Assembly and throughout Virginia regarding the choice to expa ...

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Nearly 30K sign up for health insurance in January

Nearly 30K sign up for health insurance in January

Va., U.S. health care sign-ups acceleratingBY MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Thursday, February 13, 2014Almost 30,000 Virginians enrolled in health insurance plans t ...

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VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE  #75   February 12, 2014

VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE #75 February 12, 2014

As many of you know, there is a new proposal for Medicaid expansion in Virginia.  Last Thursday Medicaid expansion supporters in the state Senate announced a formal proposal ...

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Virginia’s Brave New World

Virginia’s Brave New World

Published February 10, 2014Apparently, we’re about to enter a brave new world here in Virginia. House Speaker Howell and Majority Leader Cox say they are hesitant to accept ...

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Virginia Organizing And Promotores De Salud Will Hold Spanish Community Forum On Heath Care Issue

Virginia Organizing And Promotores De Salud Will Hold Spanish Community Forum On Heath Care Issue

WHAT: Spanish Community Forum on the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Marketplace WHEN: Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 5 p.m.WHERE: The Lucy Simms Center (aud ...

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Tell House Leadership and YOUR Delegate that Virginians CANNOT wait for Medicaid Expansion!

Tell House Leadership and YOUR Delegate that Virginians CANNOT wait for Medicaid Expansion!

Dear Virginia Organizing,In response to thousands of Virginians calling, writing, and visiting their state officials and encouraging them to expand our state Medicaid program and ...

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Study: The Deadly Toll Of Opting Out Of The New Medicaid Expansion

Study: The Deadly Toll Of Opting Out Of The New Medicaid Expansion

Originally  Published January 30, 2104Here are some serious numbers from Harvard researchers regarding the 25 states that have opted out of expanding Medicaid cover ...

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Working Without Coverage

Working Without Coverage

Published on January 31, 2014 Workers in Key Job Sectors Would Benefit from Expanded Health CoverageRICHMOND, VA -- About 161,000 working Virginians who do not have health in ...

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