The Virginia Consumer Healthcare Alliance is committed to the belief that all Virginians deserve the opportunity to access quality, affordable health care. The Alliance includes people like you, as well as businesses, and health care organizations who share an interest in improving healthcare. We pursue that goal by providing you[…]
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VCHA Presents Videos of 2017 Statewide Candidates Discussing Healthcare
The Virginia Consumer Healthcare Alliance is committed to the belief that all Virginians deserve the opportunity to access quality, affordable health care. The Alliance includes people like you, as well as businesses, and health care organizations who share an interest in improving healthcare. We pursue that goal by providing you[…]
Why Do People Stop Taking Their Meds? Cost Is Just One Reason
This article originally appeared on NPR. Almost one-third of people have stopped taking a prescription drug at some time without telling their health care provider, according to the latest NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll. And while cost certainly influences whether and how people take their drugs, only 10 percent of[…]
Obamacare survives its latest threat — bare counties
This article originally appeared on Politico. President Donald Trump contends the health care law is “dead,” but residents of all but one county in America will be able to get an Obamacare health plan next year. Poised for their fifth enrollment cycle this fall, the Obamacare insurance markets are proving[…]
Govs. Hickenlooper, Kasich urge bipartisan effort to move forward on health care
This article originally appeared on CBS News. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and Ohio Governor John Kasich say the next step toward changing the Affordable Care Act — after lawmakers failed to follow through on health care reform — should now include a bipartisan effort. “Let’s get a bipartisan group of[…]