Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new and exciting data about the impressive savings for Americans because of the Affordable Care Act. According to CMS’ Office of the Actuary, through 2016, the ACA will help the Medicare program save more than $200 billion by implementing anti-fraud measures, changing providers policies to […]

Via MSNBC: “Candy company Mars is the latest corporation to abandon the right-wing agenda group ALEC. Some ALEC-associated lawmakers are feeling the heat. Director of Progress VA Anna Scholl tells Ed Schultz about her confrontation with the Virginia Speaker of the House over his party’s ties to ALEC.”

This morning ProgressVA joined with national advocacy organizations from across the country to urge companies to quit ALEC. In the past week, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Intuit and the Gates Foundation have all renounced their participation in ALEC. Last week, ProgressVA called for Virginia legislators to do the same. In January, ProgressVA released a report detailing […]

  Sen. Dick Lugar (R-McLean, VA) has delivered for Virginia families ProgressVA today wished US Senator Dick Lugar a very happy birthday and thanked him for all his work on behalf of Virginia families. A resident of McLean, VA, Senator Lugar has delivered results for Virginia voters. We at ProgressVA so pleased he has chosen […]

Tomorrow, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) turns 2 years old. Even though it’s only partially implemented, it’s already helping families save health care costs and making it possible for small business owners to more easily provide health insurance to employees. Small businesses benefit from: The ACA ends the “Job Lock.” Starting a business can be risky for those […]

  Health care works for seniors, health care works for Women, and Health care works for Young Adults and Children The great recession has been a challenging time for all Virginians, but especially those entering the workforce for the first time.  Whether getting a job after high school, college or  graduate school, there has been more competition […]

  Continuing our week long celebration of the 2nd anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, let’s look at a few of the things the the Affordable Care Act does for women’s health: The ACA ends lifetime limits on healthcare and bans annual limits beginning in 2014.  For those who are most sick, this means that […]

  This Thursday, March 23, the Affordable Care Act will celebrate its two-year anniversary.  To mark the occasion, advocates across the Commonwealth will host events to highlight how the ACA has worked for Virginia.  These activities include a tweet chat on Twitter, campus speak-outs, community conversations and others where Virginians will share their personal stories […]

This week is Sunshine week, where we celebrate the Freedom of Information Act and transparent government. But it began with the disturbing news that the study of uranium mining in Pittsylvania will not be subject to public scrutiny and “many of its papers [will be kept] secret”. This study will be used to determine how to regulate […]

Yesterday we lost a difficult fight. Late in the afternoon, Governor McDonnell signed HB 462, which forces women to undergo intrusive, medically unnecessary ultrasounds as a precursor to receiving legal medical care. In so doing, Governor McDonnell demonstrated his dedication to a right wing agenda and his personal political aspirations over the women of Virginia […]