VIDEO: Quick and easy way to understand health insurance exchanges
The Virginia General Assembly will be voting on a health benefit exchange bill in the upcoming session. There's a lot at stake and health care implementation can be a complica ...
Read More »Celebrating 2.5 million more young Americans with health care
The department of Health and Human Services announced new figures today showing that the number of uninsured young adults has dropped by 2.5 million as a direct result of the Affo ...
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Governor McDonnell Delays on Health Exchange
The Roanoke Times reported yesterday that, “Gov. Bob McDonnell's administration will not push legislators to create a state-run health insurance exchange during the 2012 ...
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Health Care Workers Demand Congress Generate Jobs, Not Health Care Cuts
Protesters from across the country held a speak-out and rally today, calling for Congress to focus on creating jobs rather than proposing health care cuts that harm patients and e ...
Read More »Justice Thomas’s Virginia Conflict of Interest
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has significant conflicts of interest that make it impossible for him to render a fair, impartial decision in the health care case being ...
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Virginia’s Health Council Finds Reform Will Cut Uninsured In Half, Reduce Uncompensated Care Costs
Originially posted at Think ProgressBy: Igor VolskyVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) is a strong opponent of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, claiming that the “un ...
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Take action today: don’t let big insurance rob us of $1 billion
State insurance regulators are threatening to gut the new rule in the health reform law that keeps insurance premiums in check. This rule, called the medical loss ratio (MLR), req ...
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Health Care Reform Implementation Update
As part of the Affordable Care Act, states have the option to set up a Health Benefits Exchange in order to provide more affordable care for their citizens, or they can rely on th ...
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Dr. Lillis Freelance Star Op-ed: The Affordable Care Act Fixing our Broken System
Dr. Chris Lillis has been a stalwart Virginia Organizing supporter and has been an active member of our Health Care Reform Committee. Dr. Lillis is a family physican in Fredericks ...
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VIDEO: Wendell Potter in VA Beach, “Health care law already saving the lives of millions”
Virginia Organizing, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Empower Hampton Roads were prompted to hold the "Real Dialogue on Health Care" forum because they feel that m ...
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