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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 Hold “Protect Our Care” Forum in Martinsville

Virginia Organizing to Hold “Protect Our Care” Forum in Martinsville

What: Community forum to support the Affordable Care Act When: Wednesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. Where: Grace Presbyterian Church (218 Fayette St., Martinsville, VA 24112) Martinsville ...

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Bad Medicine: AHCA provisions would be hard for older adults to swallow

Bad Medicine: AHCA provisions would be hard for older adults to swallow

Published by The Commonwealth Institute. As we wait to hear details about the Senate’s healthcare bill, we can assess the impact that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had on peop ...

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Virginia Organizing is Calling for Senators to Stop the AHCA

Virginia Organizing is Calling for Senators to Stop the AHCA

  Richmond, Va.—All across the state Virginians have been contacting their U.S. Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, to ask that they stop the American Health Care Act (AHCA) ...

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HAV Statement on AHCA passage in U.S. House

HAV Statement on AHCA passage in U.S. House

The American Health Care Act adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives would have a devastating impact on Virginians if it becomes law. With no independent analysis of the most ...

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Trump’s First 100 Days: A Record of Broken Promises on Health Care

Trump’s First 100 Days: A Record of Broken Promises on Health Care

April 29 marked Donald Trump’s first 100 days as President. When it comes to health care, Trump’s first 100 days have been about breaking every single promise he made on his way t ...

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Medicaid Expansion Would Cover Virginians in Every District

Medicaid Expansion Would Cover Virginians in Every District

Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided in 2012 to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but make Medicaid expansion in states optional, the Virginia General Assembly has been stalli ...

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By the Numbers: Medicaid Expansion in Each Va. Legislative District

By the Numbers: Medicaid Expansion in Each Va. Legislative District

Researched and published by The Commonwealth Institute Virginians across the commonwealth would get access to quality, affordable health insurance if state lawmakers close the cov ...

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CBO: ACA Repeal “Takes Country Back to Pre-Obamacare Crisis”

CBO: ACA Repeal “Takes Country Back to Pre-Obamacare Crisis”

Full audio available from Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Despite repeated promises that the replacement for Obamacare would be better, groups digging into the official projec ...

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G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows

G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows

Published by The New York Times WASHINGTON — The House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would cause 24 million people to lose health insurance within ...

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Virginia Organizing Calls on Rep. Goodlatte to Protect Health Care

Virginia Organizing Calls on Rep. Goodlatte to Protect Health Care

What: Public demonstration in support of the Affordable Care Act When: Saturday, February 25 at 12 p.m. Where: Court Square, Harrisonburg, Va. Harrisonburg, Va.—The Harrisonburg C ...

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