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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 Insurance Marketplace to Open Tomorrow

Health Insurance Marketplace to Open Tomorrow

It’s finally here. Tomorrow, October 1, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) new Health Insurance Marketplace will open for enrollment for those who are uninsured or those ...

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Explanation of New Health Plan Draws a Crowd

Explanation of New Health Plan Draws a Crowd

http://www.freelancestar.com/2013-09-24/articles/18552/explanation-of-new-health-plan-draws-a-crowd/By Kate ThisdellNew health insurance marketplaces will be open for business in ...

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Details still murky about health insurance exchanges under ‘Obamacare’

Details still murky about health insurance exchanges under ‘Obamacare’

By Laurence Hammack and David Resshttp://www.roanoke.com/news/obamacare/2065160-12/details-still-murky-about-health-insurance-exchanges-under.htmlOver the course of five years, Ch ...

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One Tuesday, Two Healthcare Systems

One Tuesday, Two Healthcare Systems

By Dr. Chris Lillis http://www.drsforamerica.org/blog/one-tuesday-two-healthcare-systemsLast week was a typical busy week for me.  As a primary care doctor I typica ...

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Talk to your family members about health insurance!

Talk to your family members about health insurance!

Did you know that health care reform means people without insurance can start enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace on October 1? Virginia Organizing wants to make su ...

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Action Alert: MIRC Meets Monday!

Action Alert: MIRC Meets Monday!

Next week, the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC) is planning to meet. As you know, this commission is tasked with ensuring that certain reforms to Medicaid are met ...

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Expand Medicaid, save money, lives

Expand Medicaid, save money, lives

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/06/expand-medicaid-save-money-lives  The Virginian-Pilot© June 6, 2013The folly of failing to expand Medicaid, as outlined in the ...

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Virginia takes another step on the pathway to Medicaid expansion

Virginia takes another step on the pathway to Medicaid expansion

 The Commonwealth Institutehttp://thehalfsheet.org/post/51012971169/virginia-takes-another-step-on-the-pathway-to-medicaidVirginia has taken a significant step toward Medicai ...

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Getting the Coverage You Deserve

Getting the Coverage You Deserve

The National Women’s Law Center has been working hard to make sure women and their families know about the preventive coverage provided through the health care law. We ...

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Understanding the Affordable (Health) Care Act

Understanding the Affordable (Health) Care Act

On April 23, Region III Director of Health and Human Services Joann Grossi visited Viriginia Beach to educate the public on the health insurance marketplace system that will open ...

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