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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 ...

Virginia Organizing to Join “OUR LIVES ON THE LINE” Day of Action Against the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act

Virginia Organizing to Join “OUR LIVES ON THE LINE” Day of Action Against the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act

What: Public demonstration in support of the Affordable Care Act When: Saturday, July 29 at 12 p.m. Where: JTI Fountain, Main Street Plaza, Danville, Va. Danville, Va.— The Danvil ...

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Grassroots Gathering Registration Open!

Grassroots Gathering Registration Open!

Click here to register for the Grassroots Gathering. Health care. Immigrant rights. Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. These are only a few of the issues Virginia Organizin ...

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CBPP: Analyzing the Senate GOP Health Bill

CBPP: Analyzing the Senate GOP Health Bill

For more images and links, click here for the original post by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Senate Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would ...

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Communication Advice for Alzheimer’s Caregivers in Virginia

Communication Advice for Alzheimer’s Caregivers in Virginia

Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, and even in the early stages, communication between sufferers and carers can change dramatically. So said Carolyn Canini, a Progra ...

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State says Senate health plan puts Virginia at disadvantage, ‘harsher’ than House proposal

State says Senate health plan puts Virginia at disadvantage, ‘harsher’ than House proposal

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia legislative budget leaders had a quick response to a new health care plan proposed by Republicans in the U.S. Senate — please don’t ...

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Top 5 Reasons Why the AHCA Would Harm Rural Hospitals and Communities

Top 5 Reasons Why the AHCA Would Harm Rural Hospitals and Communities

Published by The Commonwealth Institute. 1. Rural hospitals would face a rising tide of uninsured patients who are unable to pay for care. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) – th ...

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Virginia Organizing Holds Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

Virginia Organizing Holds Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

Charlottesville, Va.—Virginia Organizing held a rally at the corner of McIntire Road and Preston Avenue on Tuesday, June 20 at 5:30 p.m. to call on our U.S. Senators, Mark Warner ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

Virginia Organizing to Hold Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

What: Rally to call on U.S. Senators to protect health care and stop federal budget cuts When: Tuesday, June 20 at 5:30 p.m. Where: Corner of McIntire Road and Preston Avenue Spea ...

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Protecting Health Care in Martinsville

Protecting Health Care in Martinsville

On June 14, Virginia Organizing leaders and community members came together for a "Protect Our Care" community forum and call-to-action. Everyone called their Members of Congress  ...

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Bad Medicine: AHCA would be a bitter pill for rural communities

Bad Medicine: AHCA would be a bitter pill for rural communities

Published by The Half Sheet, the blog of The Commonwealth Institute. Virginians who live in rural areas are likely to be particularly hard hit if repeal and replacement of the Aff ...

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