
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association on Medicaid expansion
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association President and CEO Sean T. Connaughton comments on the General Assembly vote approving Medicaid expansion.

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association President and CEO Sean T. Connaughton comments on the General Assembly vote approving Medicaid expansion.

Virginia is at a healthcare crossroads. Are we going to double down on ObamaCare by extending Medicaid to 400,000 – 600,000 new participants? Supporters hurl invective and accuse opponents of callous disregard. In fact, it’s supporters who are disregarding or ignoring past experience and the laws of economics.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, urging him to take swift action to stabilize the healthcare insurance marketplace.

The leader of the advocacy group Charlottesville for Reasonable Health Insurance is saying today that it warned Gov. Ralph Northam that the dramatic healthcare premium increases signaled this week were on the horizon.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after insurers filed initial rates that would lead to major premium increases for Virginians in 2019.

The Trump administration, in the guise of getting the gubmint out of your healthcare, has quite wittingly created a nice backdrop for health insurers to make serious bank.

I’m not here to give you chapter, verse and footnotes on single-payer, why we need to join the rest of the industrialized world in making access to healthcare a basic human right.

A growing number of local and regional Chambers of Commerce from across the Commonwealth have offered their support to increasing health care coverage access for thousands of hard-working, low-income, uninsured Virginians.

Across the nation, May 6-12, 2018 is National Hospital Week. In Virginia, this week provides an opportunity to celebrate the great work done by Virginia’s local hospitals and health systems each day.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after insurers filed initial rates that would lead to major premium increases for Virginians in 2019.
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