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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 ...

States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states

States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states

Originally published on the Off the Charts blog at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States that have adopted health reform’s Medicaid expansion had a substantially lowe ...

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We Need Medicaid Expansion

We Need Medicaid Expansion

Originally published in The Danville Register & Bee. To the editor: Aug. 29 was national Women’s Equality Day. I am writing in support of the Stand With Women campaign and to ...

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Action Alert: Call Delegate Terry Kilgore TODAY!

Action Alert: Call Delegate Terry Kilgore TODAY!

Take action on National Women’s Day! Virginia Organizing is asking all our supporters to take a few minutes and call state Delegate Terry Kilgore TODAY at (276) 386-7011 to tell h ...

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Medicaid at 50: Huge benefits for Virginia’s kids

Medicaid at 50: Huge benefits for Virginia’s kids

(Published in Public News Service.) Medicaid turns 50 years old this week, and the impact it's had on the lives of children is being praised, both by advocates and academics. Two ...

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It was a BIG week!

It was a BIG week!

Last week, Virginia and the United States saw some pretty big victories for justice! It was also painfully clear that we still have more work to do as the members of the Emanuel A ...

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Great News from the Supreme Court!

Great News from the Supreme Court!

The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that Virginians can keep their health insurance subsidies and Virginia Organizing is very grateful for that wonderful news! Today we celebrate th ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to King v. Burwell Decision

Virginia Organizing Responds to King v. Burwell Decision

“VIRGINIA ORGANIZING IS THRILLED VIRGINIANS GET TO KEEP THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE!” Petersburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook released the following statement fo ...

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Some Hospitals Charge Up to 1,000 Percent Markup on Uninsured

Some Hospitals Charge Up to 1,000 Percent Markup on Uninsured

Published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - If you're going to break a leg, be careful where you do it. You might end up at a hospital that charges the uninsured as much as ...

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Survey: America’s Uninsured Rate is Down to 10 Percent – And Falling

Survey: America’s Uninsured Rate is Down to 10 Percent – And Falling

To read the full article, click here to be taken to Forbes Magazine. New data has raised a tantalizing possibility: that for the first time, America’s uninsured rate will fall bel ...

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White House Makes Case for Medicaid Expansion in Virginia

White House Makes Case for Medicaid Expansion in Virginia

To read the full article, click here to be taken to the Washington Post. RICHMOND, Va. — The Obama administration said Thursday that Virginia would have healthier and less depress ...

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