by MCDC | Jan 31, 2014 | Action Alerts, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Madison County, Virginia
The 2013 Virginia General Assembly chose to not act on Medicaid Expansion that would have provided healthcare coverage for low income families. Instead, the decision of Medicaid Reform and Expansion was delegated to The Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC)...
by MCDC | Jan 29, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care
In their quest to repeal Obamacare, Republicans have faced two political problems. First, while the Affordable Care Act isn’t a popular law, polls show that the idea of simply going back to the way things were is far less popular. The second is that for the last three...
by MCDC | Jan 26, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare
Prepare for them to search high and low for people disappointed with Obamacare — then pretend to share their pain By BRIAN BEUTLER In the least shocking news you’ll hear all year, Republicans lack both the intent and ability to adopt a less combative approach to...
by MCDC | Jan 18, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Madison County, Virginia
Uninsured Virginians are in every district across the commonwealth Virginia lawmakers should provide needed health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of Virginians who live and work in the communities they represent by expanding access to health care through...
by MCDC | Jan 17, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Issues, Virginia
Letter to the Editor of the Times-Dispatch Medicaid expansion is the right thing to do, despite Ken Cuccinelli’s claims in his Op/Ed column, “Medicaid expansion is wrong for Virginia.” Cuccinelli claims that if Medicaid is expanded under Obamacare to provide care for...