Bob Goodlatte: Stories from Obamacare

AFP

Next month marks five years since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, was signed into law. We’ve all heard stories stemming from Obamacare: loss of coverage, higher costs, technology glitches, and red tape a mile long. But for all too many American families, these stories are real life nightmares.

Senate Republicans vote down measure to close healthcare coverage gap

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In a near-party-line vote of 22-15, the Senate today approved budget amendment 301 #11s striking language from Gov. McAuliffe’s introduced budget that would have closed the health insurance coverage gap, enabling up to 400,000 Virginians — most from working families — to access quality, affordable healthcare.

General Assembly advances heroin, prescription drug legislative package

Chris Graham

Earlier today, the House of Delegates passed the final piece of Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s bipartisan package of heroin and prescription drug legislation, HB1500 to allow safe reporting of overdoses in progress, meaning that all four bills have now passed their chamber in the General Assembly.