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Last week, the House approved legislation to allow Fifth District families to keep their healthcare policies in 2014. H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act, passed the House with bipartisan support. Millions of Americans have received notification that their health plans have been cancelled as a result of the President’s health care overhaul.
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After more than 100 years, RMH Healthcare is changing its name to better denote the high level of care it provides as well as its identity as part of a strong and high-quality health system. The new name, Sentara RMH Medical Center, retains RMH’s heritage while being consistent with Sentara’s naming structure for its facilities.
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We all get it. The Obamacare website isn’t working. Nice pound of flesh with the visuals at the congressional hearing the other day. So, the website isn’t working, and thus we might as well just scrap the whole thing. The millions of uninsured and underinsured, hell with you. Perpetually rising healthcare costs that affect all of us, so what.
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Since the October 1st roll-out of Healthcare.gov, there has been no shortage of technical issues. The website, where under the president’s healthcare law Americans without insurance or required by the law to find new insurance can enroll in the new federally-run insurance exchanges, has been plagued by countless glitches.
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In their efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives also demanded a $29 billion tax break for one of the country’s more profitable industries, medical device-makers.
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If you have questions about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Waynesboro Public Library will be hosting an information session on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.
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Join Hearing Healthcare of Virginia for a ribbon cutting at the Harrisonburg location at noon on Friday. In addition to the ribbon cutting and remarks with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, Hearing Healthcare of Virginia will have hors d’oeuvres, offer tours of the location and have giveaways!
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The president of the nation’s largest union of healthcare workers, Mary Kay Henry, today joined with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in announcing a major national outreach initiative by SEIU members on the Affordable Care Act, adding to the growing list of high-profile groups nationwide who are HHS “Champions of Change” partners supporting the new healthcare law.
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What’s it like to be an English bulldog? More people are finding out, say integrated health specialists Dr. Michael Gelb and Dr. Howard Hindin.
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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe launched his healthcare platform on Monday, following a visit to Inova Alexandria Hospital with Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille.
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