What’s the Plan, General Assembly?
This week, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe unveiled a plan called “A Healthy Virginia” to expand access to health care as much as his executive authority allows. The plan c ...
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Early Signs Medicaid Expansion Works Where It’s Tried
Dan Heyman, Public News Service-VA(08/04/14) RICHMOND, Va. – Signs suggest Medicaid expansion is working much as promised where it's been tried. The numbers are still coming in, b ...
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Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism
Published in The Washington Post Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2014 Regarding Petula Dvorak’s July 19 Metro column, “Lines of desperation: Once-a-year chance to get medical care ...
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“Walking Mayor” Brings Rural Hospital Issues to D.C.
Published on July 25, 2014 in The Public News Service. By Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - A small-town mayor walking though Virginia will reach Washington, D.C., on Monday, carryin ...
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More than 100,000 Virginians to receive health insurance refunds
Originally published on July 24, 2014 in The Roanoke Times. By Laurence HammackAbout 105,000 consumers in Virginia are receiving a total of $8.9 million in refunds from their ...
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At a Huge Free Medical Clinic in Southwest Virginia, Misery that Shouldn’t Exist
Published on July 18, 2014 in The Washington PostBy Petula Dvorak A gravel parking lot deep in the green hills of Virginia coal country was packed to capacity by 4 a.m. Frida ...
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So Much for Obamacare Not Working
Originally Published in The New York TimesBy Paul KrugmanHave you been following the news about Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act has receded from the front page, but information ...
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A new report, Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid
The Council of Economic Advisers released a report, Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid, which details the effects of state decis ...
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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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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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