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BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!
Slide Show off Today, we have terrific news to share!We are very excited with Governor Terry McAuliffe’s decision to line-item veto the obstacles in the budget that legislators put in his way...
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Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions
Slide Show off Posted on Governor McAuliffe's website on June 20, 2014.Good Morning.Over the past six days, my finance team and I have carefully reviewed the Biennial Budget that was transmitted to my...
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Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid
off off June 29th, 2014, 12:47 pmFredericksburg.comAbout 80 people showed up in Fredericksburg this morning to march across the Falmouth Bridge to House Speaker Bill Howell’s office to seek support...
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Group sends a Medicaid message
off off BY PAMELA GOULD / THE FREE LANCE-STARJune 30, 2014Former Fredericksburg Mayor Lawrence Davies carried a poster-board sign as he joined about 80 people Sunday morning in a silent march across...
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Virginia Small Business Update # 81
Slide Show off The struggle over Medicaid expansion in Virginia has had many twists and turns, but it is continuing. Recent events in the struggle include a budget crisis, the controversial...
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A new report, Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not...
Slide Show off 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 decisions...
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So Much for Obamacare Not Working
Slide Show off 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 about...
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At a Huge Free Medical Clinic in Southwest Virginia, Misery that Shouldn't Exist
Slide Show off 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. Friday. More...
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More than 100,000 Virginians to receive health insurance refunds
Slide Show off 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 health...
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"Walking Mayor" Brings Rural Hospital Issues to D.C.
Slide Show off 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, carrying the...
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Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism
Slide Show off Published in The Washington Post Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2014Regarding Petula Dvorak’s July 19 Metro column, “Lines of desperation: Once-a-year chance to get medical care”:Ms....
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Medicaid Expansion is NOT Dead
Slide Show off As you may have heard by now, the General Assembly passed a budget that failed to include Medicaid expansion and requires legislative approval before expansion can begin. Virginia...
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Early Signs Medicaid Expansion Works Where It's Tried
Slide Show off Dan Heyman, Public News Service-VA(08/04/14) RICHMOND, Va. – Signs suggest Medicaid expansion is working much as promised where it's been tried. The numbers are still coming in, but...
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What's the Plan, General Assembly?
Slide Show off This week, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe unveiled a plan called “A Healthy Virginia” to expand access to health care as much as his executive authority allows. The plan calls for...
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Do it for Edna and Dorothy!
Slide Show off Today, Virginia Organizing helped two women from Southwest Virginia share their personal stories about the lack of access to health care. Dorothy wrote a statement that was read (a...
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The Medicaid Debate: “Tell Them These are Real People”
Slide Show off Posted by the Public News Service on September 17, 2014by Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - As Virginia lawmakers gather to consider Medicaid expansion, some of those who would benefit are...
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Hospitals and Clinics Feel the Pain of Medicaid Expansion Politics
Slide Show off By LeeAnn Hall, Published September 17, 2014 by Huffington PostIs your state refusing to expand Medicaid? If so, it could be putting your health at risk, whether you'd qualify for...
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More West Virginians Than Virginians Now Have Health Coverage
Slide Show off Originally posted on September 29, 2014 by the Public News Serviceby Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - West Virginia has passed Virginia for the percentage of citizens with health coverage,...
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Virginia Small Business Update # 84
Slide Show off Elections will be on Tuesday, November 4. A new law requires every voter in Virginia to have a photo ID. A Virginia Driver’s License is an acceptable form of ID. An employer issued...
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The Disaster That Didn’t Happen: Health Reform’s Excellent Cost Numbers
Slide Show off Originially Posted by The Public News Service on October 22, 2014by Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. – Not long ago, the airwaves were filled with predictions that health-care reform would be a...
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