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The Medicaid Debate: “Tell Them These are Real People”

The Medicaid Debate: “Tell Them These are Real People”

Posted by the Public News Service on September 17, 2014by Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - As Virginia lawmakers gather to consider Medicaid expansion, some of those who would benef ...

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Efforts to Connect More Virginia Children to Health Coverage Stalling

Efforts to Connect More Virginia Children to Health Coverage Stalling

Originally posted on The Public News Service on November 6, 2014. by Dan Heyman RICHMOND, Va. - A new report demonstrates efforts to connect more children to health care coverage ...

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Better Together

Better Together

Originally posted on The Half Sheet. Among the many hurdles that low-income Virginians face, two stand out: wages are stagnant, and they pay a higher share of their income on ...

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Let’s Get Virginia to Work!

Let’s Get Virginia to Work!

Labor Day is a time to celebrate the contributions workers make to our economy and society, and to be thankful for the sacrifices made by previous generations who won the more hum ...

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Social Security Means Nearly $20 Billion a Year for Virginians

Social Security Means Nearly $20 Billion a Year for Virginians

Originally posted by the Public News Service on August 29, 2014by Dan Heyman, Public News Service - VARICHMOND, Va. - At the ripe old age of 79, Social Security is helping Virgini ...

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Virginia Organizing Bettering Lives

Virginia Organizing Bettering Lives

Published in the Daily Progress on August 21, 2014As one of Virginia Organizing’s “supported groups,” which were referenced in an Aug. 15 letter to the editor (“Big money flowing ...

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Washington County residents to monitor community’s water quality

Washington County residents to monitor community’s water quality

Originally posted by the Bristol Herald Courier. ABINGDON, Va. — Prompted by the Washington County’s decision to allow natural gas drilling, a group of county residents is prepari ...

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Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism

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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A Community Conversation on Children’s Mental Health

A Community Conversation on Children’s Mental Health

Read the full article from Public News Service By Dan Heyman RICHMOND, Va. - With reforms underway in Virginia for children's mental health services, lawmakers and advocates want ...

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Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking

Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking

Published by WJHL News Channel 11 on May 16, 2014 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA (WJHL) - By Allie HInds, Reporter Some Southwest Virginia landowners say discussions detailing the possibil ...

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