SAVE THE DATE! VTP November Conference
Mark your calendars now for the 2014 VTP November Conference! We will be opening registration soon!
It’s Time To End The Doc Fix Dance And Move On To Real Reform by Grace-Marie Turner
If Washington is ever going to tackle entitlement reform and get federal spending under control, it must start with Medicare. The former director of the Congressional Budget Office, Doug Holtz-Eakin, details Medicare’s fiscal plight: Between 2001 and 2010, Medicare’s cumulative cash flow deficits totaled more than $1.5 trillion – or 28% of the total federal […]
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Virginians for Quality Healthcare to sponsor Townhall as part of Healthcare Solutions Week
For Immediate Release Virginians for Quality Healthcare to sponsor Townhall as part of Healthcare Solutions Week Speakers include Dr. Jack Ayoub, Virginia Obstetrics & Gynecology, Leesburg and Reston and Arlene Jacovelli, CEO Community Care Clinic, King George, VA CHANTILLY, VA, October 7, 2014 –As part of Healthcare Solutions Week, a week-long nationwide effort to learn […]
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RTP Monthly Meeting Recap – September 2014
On Thursday night (9/25/2014), RTP held its monthly meeting for September, and it was great to see everyone in our new meeting location! We heard that there were a few that found it hard to find the location, so we’ll be sure to share more specific information so that you can find us for our N...
Doctoring in the Age of Obamacare by Dr. Mark Sklar
Posted September 11, 2014, Wall Street Journal Online “It has been four years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, so I thought it may be useful to provide the perspective of a physician providing daily medical care. I am an endocrinologist in Washington, D.C., and have been in solo private practice for 17 […]
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Federation Summit Meeting 9-13-2014
We held our quarterly summit meeting today at the Crowne Plaze Hotel in downtown Richmond, with leadership from all across the state coming together to share information and develop strategies. We had an AMAZING turn-out today, with over 100 attendees. Key topics today included "team Building" with Mark Herr from the Center For Self-Governance and a panel discussion on privacy issues with prior attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, ACLU Virginia Director of Public Policy and Communications Frank Knapp, and CoLA Committee [...]
Why St. Louis Tea Party Went to Ferguson To Shop
Actions speaks louder than words….that’s the message that the St. Louis Tea Party wanted to communicate to the businesses (and families) of Ferguson Missouri, where riots following a police shooting had rocked that town. Tea Parties show their strength and can share their message more su...
DOJ To Give Money From Bank Of America Settlement To Liberal Activist Groups
As a conservative activist, sometimes its very depressing and disheartening to see the volume of funding against which we are fighting. Relying solely on donations and self-funding by our coordinator team, we’re always one wrong step away from being in perilous financial hardship (more so than...
Mike Huckabee Cannot Be Trusted
I know that lots of tea party folks like Governor Mike Huckabee, but he’s actually not so great of a politician… his record as governor has some serious problems. I’ve always seen him (in my opinion) as a shyster…a used car salesman-type (no offense to ETHICAL used car salesm...
Ben Chafin Wins; Republicans Gain Full Control of VA Senate
In the special election tonight in VA’s 38th Senate district, republican Ben Chafin wins the special election with 60% of the vote. This gives republicans total control of the Senate with a count of 21, or +1 more than 50% of the Senate seats. Details from WDBJ7: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/loca...