Democrat bill lowering costs of insulin, other drugs celebrates second birthday
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The bill that put a $35 monthly cap on insulin and allowed Medicare to negotiate the prices of other drugs turned two on Friday.
Search Results for Affordable Care Act
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Lawrence S. Wittner: How Donald Trump undermined the health, safety of U.S. workers
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During his four years as President of the United States, Donald Trump was remarkably active and often successful in sabotaging the health and safety of the nation’s workers.
Miyares joins MAGA suit aiming to block Dreamers from health-insurance marketplace
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The Biden-Harris administration wants to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to sign up for coverage on federal health-insurance exchanges.
Tim Kaine, unlike that Republican guy, doesn’t think rural Virginia is ‘podunk’
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The reason, supposedly, that Republicans do so well in rural areas is, Republicans are the ones you can see yourself having a beer with.
Lawmakers push Biden Administration for expansion of OTC birth control access
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In July 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved “Opill,” the first over-the-counter birth control pill, available in early 2024.
Bill would ease compliance burdens of health insurance paperwork on U.S. employers
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The Employer Reporting Improvement Act would protect Americans’ privacy and ease compliance burdens on employers.
Federal government approves Virginia’s application for changes to health benchmark plan
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For the first time since 2017, changes have been made to Virginia’s essential health benefits benchmark plan for ACA health plans.
State of the Union shows us reality, surreality, of American politics in 2023
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OK, like a few million of you, I watched it. The 2023 State of the Union. Yes, for me it took a large glass of grapefruit juice and tequila, but I made it.
Media star Dahlia Lithwick returns to Charlottesville for book talk
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One of the nation’s foremost legal commentators and podcasters, Dahlia Lithwick, will return to Charlottesville on Sept. 22, to talk about her new book.
Medicaid expansion provides crucial resources for Virginia health centers
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The Inflation Reduction Act will reduce prescription costs for Americans, but expansion of Medicaid in Virginia has reduced healthcare costs for Virginians.
