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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 ...

A Happy New Year for Virginia’s Health Care Consumers, New Health Care Law Provisions On Jan.1

A Happy New Year for Virginia’s Health Care Consumers, New Health Care Law Provisions On Jan.1

A Happy New Year for Virginia’s Health Care Consumers: Insurance Companies Must Now Spend 80 Percent on Actual Health CareVirginia Organizing Celebrates Consumer Protections ...

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Health care: The A.G.’s Constitution, or Lincoln’s Declaration?

Health care: The A.G.’s Constitution, or Lincoln’s Declaration?

The following letter was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star. Date published: 12/29/2010The U.S. Constitution has served as a model for many countries around the world. ...

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Hey big insurance, not so fast with the rate hikes!

Hey big insurance, not so fast with the rate hikes!

Health insurance premium rate review rules were announced today by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Affordable Care Act. The proposed rules would require ...

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PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: ‘A government takeover of health care’

PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: ‘A government takeover of health care’

BREAKING: Republicans (and some Democrats) lied in order to block health care reform legislation! This comes as no surprise to anyone involved in the health care debate for the la ...

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Linsday: Cuccinelli’s Consequences

Linsday: Cuccinelli’s Consequences

 The following letter to the editor was printed in the Washington Post on 12/18/2010. Jim Lindsay is a member of the Virginia Organizing Health Care Commitee. By James L ...

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Q&A: What does Judge Hudson’s Health Care Ruling Mean for VA?

Q&A: What does Judge Hudson’s Health Care Ruling Mean for VA?

Once again, Attorney General Cuccinelli is helping Virginia make the national news for all the wrong reasons. Monday, Judge Henry Hudson, a Federal district court judge in Richmon ...

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Community Leaders Express Disappointment in Judge Henry Hudson’s Decision

Community Leaders Express Disappointment in Judge Henry Hudson’s Decision

  Richmond, VA – Health care consumers and advocates expressed their disappointment in Judge Henry Hudson’s decision on the constitutionality of so-called ma ...

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Dr. Lillis: Have you been feeling the creep?

Dr. Lillis: Have you been feeling the creep?

It’s December again, which means many of us are about to see changes in our health insurance policies.  Unfortunately, the picture this year isn’t pretty.  S ...

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New Affordable Care Act rules give consumers better value for insurance premiums

New Affordable Care Act rules give consumers better value for insurance premiums

New medical loss ratio regulations make insurance marketplace more transparent and require insurers to spend premium dollars on care New regulations issued today by the Depar ...

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How the Health Care Law Helps You!

How the Health Care Law Helps You!

Learn about the new health care law and tell your friends and family!Key Benefits for VirginiaProvide tax credits for up to 99,565 Virginia small businesses to help make coverage ...

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