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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 ...

Health Care Law 101: Understanding the Afforable Care Act

Health Care Law 101: Understanding the Afforable Care Act

  Virginia Health Care Law Power PointView more presentations from VAOrganizing. ...

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Make Your Voice Heard. We will not be denied health care!

Make Your Voice Heard. We will not be denied health care!

  In October we spoke out in front of the U.S. District Courthouse in Richmond against Attorney General Cuccinelli’s and Governor Bob McDonnell’s attempts to ...

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Wendell Potter Forums: How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents

Wendell Potter Forums: How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents

Wendell Potter and Local Health Care Experts Explained How the Health Care Bill Will Help Tri-Cities Residents Bristol, VA and Kingsport, TN – Hundreds of local residents attended ...

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The Truth: Health Insurance Reform Helps Families

The Truth: Health Insurance Reform Helps Families

Thanks to the first phase of the Healthcare Reform law passed by Congress this spring, millions of American parents had one less thing to worry about.For me (and the parents of 55 ...

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Residents to Cuccinelli: Don’t Deny Virginia Health Care

Residents to Cuccinelli: Don’t Deny Virginia Health Care

  Community Leaders Call for Court to Uphold the Law, Allowing 7 Million Virginians Access to Health Care and Protection from Insurance Company AbusesRichmond, VA ...

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Virginia Young Adults  Celebrate New Health Care Law

Virginia Young Adults Celebrate New Health Care Law

Virginia Organizing Campus Chapters Host Events Statewide to Help Educate Students and Local Residents on New Pro-Consumer Health Care Provisions Taking Effect ThursdayVirginia ...

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September 23, Health Care Consumers Protected

September 23, Health Care Consumers Protected

As of September 23rd six major provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in including, consumer protections that end the worst of insurance company abuses. The new law puts an en ...

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The Young Invincibles have some new armor

The Young Invincibles have some new armor

The following blog post was written by Dr. Chris Lillis and was originally posted on the Doctors for America Blog. http://drsforamerica.org/blog/?p=679 Dr. Lillis also serves on t ...

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The appeals process is now stronger

The appeals process is now stronger

Written by Jennifer Jaff, at Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc, and Cross-posted on Stand Up for Health Care a Project of Families USA.As someone who has been filing ...

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The Four Worst Myths About Health Care Refom

The Four Worst Myths About Health Care Refom

Help us fight back with the facts and stop the spread of myths about health care reform. Share the truth about health care reform with four (4) of your friends and family members: ...

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