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  • #StoriesMatter – VO Medicaid Stories Video

    #StoriesMatter – VO Medicaid Stories Video

    We asked and our communities answered! Watch our video of our members sharing how Medicaid has impacted them. https://youtu.be/HoAxfv3ANvs?feature=shared ...

  • Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Dreame Boyd - Richmond Chapter Dreame is an active and contributing member to the Richmond Chapter and the statewide Housing Strategy Committee. She has participated in several wor ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Tour of Faith Mobile

    Featured Community Partner | Tour of Faith Mobile

    Tour of Faith Mobile collects and distributes free clothing and essential items to people experiencing poverty and homelessness in Charlottesville, VA. Founded by Letitia Curry-Sti ...

  • Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Terry "Bean" White - Norfolk Chapter Bean has been a member of the Norfolk Chapter for close to a decade, and has been a valuable participant in our local and statewide work. He fi ...

We Can’t Afford to NOT Expand Medicaid!

We Can’t Afford to NOT Expand Medicaid!

This week, one of the Nuns on the Bus, Sister Mary Ellen Lacy, came to Fredericksburg and Richmond to discuss the importance of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. This is timely ...

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Medicaid Expansion Covers Millions at “Modest” Cost to States: Report

Medicaid Expansion Covers Millions at “Modest” Cost to States: Report

By Jeffrey YoungNovember 26, 2012http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/medicaid-expansion_n_2191912.htmlExpanding Medicaid health benefits to everyone eligible under President ...

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Time Ticking for State’s Decision About Affordable Care Act

Time Ticking for State’s Decision About Affordable Care Act

By Monique CoppolaNovember 13, 2012http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29213-1RICHMOND, Va. - With the election now behind us, it's time for Virginia a ...

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Life Can Be Scary Without Medicaid

Life Can Be Scary Without Medicaid

Help us tell Senators Webb and Warner not to bargain with the health of Virginians! If you think ghosts and ghouls are scary, you haven't heard of some plans to cut Medic ...

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Doctors for America: Patients Over Politics Bus Tour

Doctors for America: Patients Over Politics Bus Tour

Doctors for America, a grassroots organization of physicians and medical students and partner of Virginia Organizing, is embarking on its most ambitious project to date next week. ...

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Medicaid Expansion Rejected By Governors Who Say Earning $11,000 Is Too Much

Medicaid Expansion Rejected By Governors Who Say Earning $11,000 Is Too Much

 By Carla Johnson and Kelli KennedyAugust 14, 2012Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/medicaid-expansion-gop-governors_n_1775973.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg0 ...

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August 1: Women’s Health Care Package Implementation Is Cause for Celebration and Caution

August 1: Women’s Health Care Package Implementation Is Cause for Celebration and Caution

By Nancy KaufmanJuly 31, 2012 August 1 is a great day for women. It marks the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) package of preventive and diagnostic care that must no ...

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Study on Cost of Medicaid Expansion

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Study on Cost of Medicaid Expansion

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report last week on the cost to states to implement the Medicaid expansion. Portions of the report are below, but you can rea ...

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Expert: Health Insurance Mandate Needed — Only 1-Percent will Pay Penalty

Expert: Health Insurance Mandate Needed — Only 1-Percent will Pay Penalty

Ray Scher, Virginia Organizing Board member, served as our spokesperson for a story on health care implementation. The story is below:July 12, 2012http://www.publicnewsservice.org ...

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Tell Governor McDonnell to Expand Medicaid in Virginia!

Tell Governor McDonnell to Expand Medicaid in Virginia!

 Governor Bob McDonnell has done it again. He's decided that playing politics is more important that the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of Virginians. On July ...

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