Creigh Deeds: First week of the General Assembly session
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The 2015 Session of the General Assembly is underway. This is a short session, scheduled to adjourn on February 28, 2015, so the work will be fast and furious.
Search Results for Affordable Care Act
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Partnership with FamilyWize helps United Way of Greater Augusta save residents $2M on prescriptions
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United Way of Greater Augusta and the FamilyWize Community Service Partnership have teamed up to make prescriptions more affordable for those without insurance or even those with insurance that doesn’t cover the medicine.
Ken Plum: On the agenda for the Virginia General Assembly
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One of the most frequently asked questions of me this time of year is, “What will the General Assembly be doing when it meets?”
Riding the wave: Pressure is on Republicans, not Obama
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The pundits have declared President Obama a lame duck in light of the wave that swept Republicans into power in the U.S. Senate this week.
Planned Parenthood: Gillespie continues support for misleading over-the-counter birth control plan
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Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie reiterated his support for over-the-counter access to birth control during Tuesday’s debate with U.S. Senator Mark Warner. Planned Parenthood is raising issue with the proposal.
Warner Senate campaign calls out Gillespie ad as misleading
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Today Ed Gillespie continued his negative campaign with a desperate attack ad using made-up numbers to mislead voters on Senator Mark Warner’s record.
Howell congratulates Virginia’s national award-winning Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
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Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) on Tuesday congratulated Virginia’s national award-winning Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Mark Obenshain: Why McAuliffe can’t expand Medicaid
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Governor McAuliffe has been looking for a way to expand Medicaid over the objections of many in the General Assembly, and the legislature has stood firm in opposition.
House GOP leadership statement on Medicaid special session
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Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), Majority Leader Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Caucus Chairman Timothy D. Hugo (R-Fairfax), Majority Whip Jackson H. Miller (R-Manassas), and Deputy Majority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) issued the following statement Thursday.
Ken Plum: Medicaid expansion-lite
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The General Assembly is scheduled to go back into special session on September 18 to discuss Medicaid expansion.
