McAuliffe makes hard sell on Medicaid expansion, but gives himself an out
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is again making the case for expansion of the state’s Medicaid system, but he’s aware that it will be a hard sell.
Search Results for Affordable Care Act
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Report: Single Virginians need $18.70 an hour for living wage
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A new report notes that a living wage for a single adult in Virginia is $18.70 per hour, more than twice the current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in Virginia.
JLARC report highlights responsible state spending and rising Medicaid growth
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A Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report released Tuesday highlighted the General Assembly’s responsible spending and the continued growth of Medicaid in Virginia.
Virginia Organizing kicks off Stand With Women campaign
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Virginia Organizing kicked off its Stand with Women campaign across the Commonwealth with a series of local women’s roundtables in Danville, Waynesboro, Petersburg, and Blacksburg.
Attorney General Mark Herring to run for re-election in 2017
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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday that he plans to run for re-election in 2017, in turn taking himself out of the running for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination.
Robert Hurt: Main Street tour gives opportunity to listen
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Last week, we wrapped up our Fifth District Main Street Tour – traveling 1,300 miles and visiting all 23 counties and cities across our 10,000 square-mile congressional district. From Ridgeway to Lawrenceville and from Danville to Warrenton, I have had the opportunity to listen to the concerns of Fifth District Virginians.
What’s really going on with the Planned Parenthood videos?
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The self-styled Center for Medical Progress has released a fourth apparently edited video that appears to depict Planned Parenthood employees discussing the sale of fetal tissue.
Tim Kaine urges states to expand Medicaid
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Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Sherrod Brown and 29 of their Senate colleagues are urging the 19 states that have not yet decided to expand Medicaid to do so in order to give more than four million additional Americans access to affordable, comprehensive health care.
Life-saving breast cancer drugs going untaken in Appalachia, study finds
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Nearly a third of breast cancer survivors in Appalachia are not taking the critical, potentially life-saving follow-up treatment – despite having insurance that would pay for it, a troubling new study has found.
Ken Plum: Recent victories call for another
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I continue to celebrate the human rights victories we have had recently in marriage equality, health care and housing. I voted against Virginia’s marriage amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman when it came before the General Assembly.
