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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 ...

Cincinnati U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds health care law; Dr. Fever celebrates decision.

Cincinnati U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds health care law; Dr. Fever celebrates decision.

Today the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled to uphold the health care law. Virginia Organizing celebrates this victory and hopes for a similar ruling from Virg ...

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Recommendations for Setting Up Virginia’s Health Benefits Exchange

Recommendations for Setting Up Virginia’s Health Benefits Exchange

This summer the Virginia Health Reform Initiative (VHRI) is busy making decisions that could affect Virginians’ access to affordable health insurance for decades.  The ...

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Eric Cantor takes his toys and goes home

Eric Cantor takes his toys and goes home

Yesterday, instead of representing the people of Virginia, Eric Cantor stood up for his favorite constituents: millionaires. Representative Cantor refused to show up to budget neg ...

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Dr. Lillis: Low Hanging Fruit

Dr. Lillis: Low Hanging Fruit

The following was originally posted on Progress Notes and was written by Dr. Chris Lillis, Fredericksburg Physician and Virginia Organizing Health Care Committee Member.By Dr. Chr ...

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Ten Things You Should Know About Medicaid In Virginia

Ten Things You Should Know About Medicaid In Virginia

Our elected leaders in Washington are continuing the discussion of intense budget cuts ahead of the August 2 deadline to raise the debt ceiling. Virginia members of Congress are k ...

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Dr. Lillis: What Would You Cut?

Dr. Lillis: What Would You Cut?

What Would You Cut?The following was originally posted on Progress Notes and was written by Dr. Chris Lillis, Fredericksburg Physician and Virginia Organizing Health Care Committe ...

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HCAN Partners Go to Four Health Insurance Co. Shareholder Meetings to Demand Transparency, Accountability

HCAN Partners Go to Four Health Insurance Co. Shareholder Meetings to Demand Transparency, Accountability

With for-profit health insurers secretly spending millions to buy GOP support for anti-consumer legislation, activists demanded transparency and accountability at the companies ...

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No premiums for politics…Why we were kicked out of Coventry.

No premiums for politics…Why we were kicked out of Coventry.

Yesterday morning a dozen Virginia community activists rolled out of bed very early to drop by the Ritz Carlton on their way to work. All before 9:00 am, this group was thrown out ...

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Help us hold big insurance accountable in McClean this Thursday!!

Help us hold big insurance accountable in McClean this Thursday!!

We need your help to keep holding big insurance companies accountable in Virginia!  THIS Thursday (May 19) at 8am Coventry Health Care (the nation's 6th largest insurer) ...

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Virginia Organizing and Families USA Speak Out Tuesday On Cuccinelli Health Care Trial

Virginia Organizing and Families USA Speak Out Tuesday On Cuccinelli Health Care Trial

     Families USA and Virginia Organizing Hold Two Richmond News Conferences Around Health Care Lawsuit Hearing  Richmond, VA-The United States Court ...

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