We Won the Fight for Health Care, and We Can Win Again
Commentary by Jim Wallis The defeat in the Senate of the “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act was a major victory — one brought about through a comprehensive strategy enacted by a broad...
10 sneaky ways employers steal from your paycheck
Wage theft is a big-time crime in which billions of dollars are taken out of working people’s pockets every year. Rather than armed thugs or slick pickpockets committing the crime, it’s employers who fail...
Health care rewrite should be a ‘win-win’
This letter to the editor appeared in the Suffolk News-Herald on July 6: To the editor: The Senate bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) creates uncertainty. Both...
Why is healthcare so expensive in the first place?
By KATHRYN WATSON CBS NEWS July 5, 2017 As Republicans on Capitol Hill struggle to find common ground on a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and as Democrats...
We need a bipartisan solution to healthcare
By U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D.-Va.) Worries about healthcare keep countless families up at night. Good health care policy can give people peace of mind that an unexpected illness won’t irreparably harm a loved...
Unpacking The Senate’s Take On ACA Repeal And Replace
By Tim Jost and Sara Rosenbaum From HealthAffairs.org On June 22, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the Senate GOP’s version of Affordable Care Act repeal, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017....
Speak up against changes to Medicaid, our healthcare
One out of eight Virginians depends on Medicaid to pay their medical bills. Medicaid also is the primary payer for behavioral health services, it covers the cost of two-thirds of nursing home residents and...
New Toolkit available for Community Service options
Doing “community service” is one way for people to avoid jail time or pay off court fines and fees they may owe. Congregations can help keep people out of jail or help them pay...
Richmond Chapter reaching out to living wage employers
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s Richmond Chapter is partnering with the Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building to develop a Living Wage Certification program. This is a voluntary certification program designed to recognize...
Case currently before Virginia Supreme Court would make car title lenders’ numbers more transparent
http://www.richmond.com/news/request-for-information-on-predatory-lenders-weighed-by-supreme-court/article_666b3124-60a7-5771-a4ed-e5c0e6b598dd.html By Jay Speer Motor-vehicle title lenders made nearly $161.6 million worth of loans in Virginia in 2015, the most recent year available from the state Bureau of Financial Institutions. The average loan amount:...
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