by MCDC | Nov 26, 2013 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care, Virginia
ProgressVA today announced Speaker William Howell as the recipient of the organization’s 2013 “Turkey of the Year” award, in recognition of his staunch opposition to expanding Medicaid to up to 400,000 low-income Virginians. A program expansion would...
by MCDC | Nov 21, 2013 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care
The Biggest Problem With Obamacare’s Rollout Is Being Caused Intentionally by Republicans by Joshua Holland The media have been buzzing with stories — many of them wildly exaggerated — of people facing higher premiums as a result of Obamacare. But there’s a story...
by MCDC | Nov 15, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
Virginians deserve an electoral process that they can have faith in, and, once again, Ken Cuccinelli and his pal Mark Obenshain undermine the integrity of our government.....
by MCDC | Nov 14, 2013 | Action Alerts, Citizens United, Ethics, Issues, Virginia
SPN: The $83 Million Right-Wing Empire Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government The State Policy Network (SPN) is a web of so-called “think tanks” that push a right-wing agenda in every state across the country. Although many of SPN’s member organizations claim...
by MCDC | Nov 12, 2013 | Ethics, Health Care, News
Following the report that Insurer Humana was fined $65,000 in Kentucky for sending out 6,500 misleading cancellation letters for low-premiums plans only to be automatic re-enrollment in high cost plans before these customers were given a chance to shop on the open...
by MCDC | Oct 31, 2013 | Economy, Employment, Ethics, Farm Bill, GOP Shutdown, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Video, Virginia
New York’s River Fund Food Pantry’s new clients are diverse—working people, seniors, single mothers—but many of them share something in common: they represent the millions of Americans who fell victim to food insecurity when the Great Recession hit in 2009, but...
