Health Care Workers Demand Congress Generate Jobs, Not Health Care Cuts
Protesters from across the country held a speak-out and rally today, calling for Congress to focus on creating jobs rather than proposing health care cuts that harm patients and e ...
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The face of the unemployed
Today USAction helped put a face to unemployment in America. Amid a flurry of press coverage, including not one but two advance mentions in the New York Times, we relea ...
Read More »Justice Thomas’s Virginia Conflict of Interest
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has significant conflicts of interest that make it impossible for him to render a fair, impartial decision in the health care case being ...
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Virginia’s Health Council Finds Reform Will Cut Uninsured In Half, Reduce Uncompensated Care Costs
Originially posted at Think ProgressBy: Igor VolskyVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) is a strong opponent of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, claiming that the “un ...
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Ehrenthal: Pepper Spray is Not Food and Occupy is Not Ambiguous
As Yogi Berra is purported to have said, “It’s like Deja Vous all over again”. Watching the treatment of those assembling in protest for the Occupy movement brings me back to the ...
Read More »VIDEO: Thanks Bank of America!
Virginia Organizing is continuing to call on Virginians to MoveOurMoney from the big banks and into credit unions and small banks. Last Friday, our S. Hampton Roads supporters div ...
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ProgressVA Awards Governor McDonnell “Turkey-of-the-Year” Honor
Award recognizes his use of budget gimmicks, cuts to education, public safety and social service programs, and refusal to take a balanced approach to Virginia’s budget defic ...
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Thursday, Nov. 17, Join us to Declare an Economic Emergeny for the 99%
Enough is enough—we can’t wait any longer. Three years after Wall Street wrecked our economy, 25 million people are still unable to find full-time work and the scandal ...
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Take action today: don’t let big insurance rob us of $1 billion
State insurance regulators are threatening to gut the new rule in the health reform law that keeps insurance premiums in check. This rule, called the medical loss ratio (MLR), req ...
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Health Care Reform Implementation Update
As part of the Affordable Care Act, states have the option to set up a Health Benefits Exchange in order to provide more affordable care for their citizens, or they can rely on th ...
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