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Five-Year Plans: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act and Looking Forward

Five-Year Plans: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act and Looking Forward

By Dottie Holtz The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has accomplished what 100 years of health care reform could not—for the first time, we have the lowest number ...

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Up From Debt: Debra’s Story

Up From Debt: Debra’s Story

Virginia Organizing participated in The Alliance for a Just Society's Up From Debt conference in March. Debra Grant shared her story (watch below). Have you ever been trapped in a ...

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Do you ‘top off’ your gas tank?

Do you ‘top off’ your gas tank?

Climate change necessitates that each of us work at reducing our carbon footprint (the amount of carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere by our actions and lifestyle). One way ...

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The Two Americas of Health Care

The Two Americas of Health Care

On February 25, 2015, The New York Times posted a video on "How King v. Burwell, the latest Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, could create two American health ca ...

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High Stakes

High Stakes

Originally posted by The Half Sheet on March 4, 2015. Quality, affordable health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Virginians is under attack yet again. Today, the Supreme Cou ...

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Environmental Justice: Plastic is Everywhere

Environmental Justice: Plastic is Everywhere

Plastic has become so prevalent that it is sometimes found in the food we eat. Learning these facts can be disturbing! Plastic waste has ended up in our oceans, affected marine sp ...

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Protect Our Health Care

Protect Our Health Care

On March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in King v. Burwell, which has the potential to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cause millions of Americans to lo ...

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Commentary: House health care plan is nothing more than a Band-Aid

Commentary: House health care plan is nothing more than a Band-Aid

Originally posted in the Free Lance-Star on February 12, 2015. Several years ago, I was unemployed and slipped and fell on some ice. I went to a wonderful free clinic in Southwest ...

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Take Action for Medicaid Expansion!

Take Action for Medicaid Expansion!

You might have seen the news yesterday that the Virginia General Assembly’s money committees (the Senate Finance Committee and House of Delegates Appropriations Committee) chose t ...

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Celebrate at The Festivale!

Celebrate at The Festivale!

What are your plans for March 13? Save the date and come join Virginia Organizing at The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville to honor our 20th anniversary with a big “Festivale” ...

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