Poll: Let border kids stay
Published in Politico on July 29, 2014By Jonathan TopazNearly 70 percent of Americans believe the undocumented Central American children entering along the U.S.-Mexico border shou ...
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Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism
Published in The Washington Post Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2014 Regarding Petula Dvorak’s July 19 Metro column, “Lines of desperation: Once-a-year chance to get medical care ...
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White House Pursuing Plans to Expand Immigrant Rights
Published in the LA Times By Christi Parsons, Brian Bennett, Lisa Mascaro Even as President Obama grapples with the crisis of immigrant children arriving at the Southwest border, ...
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“Walking Mayor” Brings Rural Hospital Issues to D.C.
Published on July 25, 2014 in The Public News Service. By Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - A small-town mayor walking though Virginia will reach Washington, D.C., on Monday, carryin ...
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More than 100,000 Virginians to receive health insurance refunds
Originally published on July 24, 2014 in The Roanoke Times. By Laurence HammackAbout 105,000 consumers in Virginia are receiving a total of $8.9 million in refunds from their ...
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At a Huge Free Medical Clinic in Southwest Virginia, Misery that Shouldn’t Exist
Published on July 18, 2014 in The Washington PostBy Petula Dvorak A gravel parking lot deep in the green hills of Virginia coal country was packed to capacity by 4 a.m. Frida ...
Read More »Down a hole, and still digging
Published by The Commonwealth Institute on July 11, 2014Virginia’s level of investment in our schools, communities, and future will hit a new post-recession low next year.Ho ...
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The Budget Gimmick That Would Not Die
Originally published on The Half Sheet, the blog of the Commonwealth Institute on July 10, 2014.A budget gimmick lawmakers introduced four years ago to help balance the budget ...
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So Much for Obamacare Not Working
Originally Published in The New York TimesBy Paul KrugmanHave you been following the news about Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act has receded from the front page, but information ...
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A new report, Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid
The Council of Economic Advisers released a report, Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid, which details the effects of state decis ...
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