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Federation Summit Meeting 9-13-2014

By |2018-05-23T00:02:46-04:00September 13th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Featured, Legislative, News|Tags: , , , , , |

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 [...]

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“In ObamaCare dispute, the law clearly states it–words mean what they say” by Grace-Marie Turner

By |2019-05-11T16:12:03-04:00August 15th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: |

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Affordable Care Act gives the president’s cabinet officers sweeping powers to implement the law, but the administration managed to overreach these powers by allowing people in 36 states to illegally access health insurance subsidies. That was the conclusion of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in July. At issue is the […]

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More Bad News for the Middle Class and Their Health Care – American Thinker

By |2014-08-11T15:09:44-04:00August 11th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: |

The biggest “unforeseen” issue arising with the poorly named Affordable Care Act is its effect on affordability of care.  The typical middle-class family, in order to afford the broader coverage necessitated by ObamaCare, is having to choose a higher and higher deductible insurance plan.  This is having a huge impact on a patient’s decision even […]

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Republican Alternative to ObamaCare (Part 2)

By |2014-08-11T15:03:06-04:00August 11th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: , |

In an interview with VQH and the Fairfax Free Citizen in his Capitol Hill office on July 24, Congressman Tom Price (R, GA-6) described the content and status of House Resolution (H.R.) 2300, a Republican alternative to Obamacare that he has proposed in the House of Representatives. For nearly 20 years, Dr. Price worked in private practice as […]

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Republican Patient-Centered Alternative to Obamacare – Part I

By |2014-08-10T01:59:59-04:00August 6th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: |

In an interview with VQH and the Fairfax Free Citizen in his Capitol Hill office on July 24, Congressman Tom Price (R, GA) described the content and status of House Resolution (H.R.) 2300, a Republican alternative to Obamacare that he has proposed in the House of Representatives. For nearly 20 years, Dr. Price worked in private […]

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Two Opposing Federal Court Rulings on Obamacare

By |2019-05-11T16:12:03-04:00July 28th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On July 22nd, two federal court rulings came down regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA – “Obamacare”). The first resulted in a 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit – considered the nation’s second highest court – in Halbig v. Burwell. In this case, the court ruled the Obama […]

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VQH Hails Congressman Tom Price as Healthcare Freedom Guardian

By |2014-07-25T10:44:50-04:00July 25th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: , , , |

For Immediate Release Virginians for Quality Healthcare Hails Congressman Tom Price (R, GA-6) as a Healthcare Freedom Guardian Washington, DC, July 24, 2014 – Ten representatives from Virginians for Quality Healthcare (VQH), led by Executive Director Donna Hamilton, met with Congressman Tom Price (R, GA-6) in his office on Capitol Hill on July 24 to […]

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Scholte Educational Healthcare Town Hall Draws Large Crowd

By |2019-05-11T16:12:03-04:00July 24th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: |

Suzanne Scholte, Republican candidate for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, scored a resounding success by numerous measures in the first of a series of Town Hall meetings she plans to host over the next few months before the November elections. The meeting at the Accotink Academy in Springfield, VA, drew a crowd of approximately 100 people, much larger than most Town […]

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Court Upholds the Rule of Law

By |2019-05-11T16:12:04-04:00July 23rd, 2014|Categories: Healthcare, News|Tags: |

Grace-Marie Turner – The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the rule of law in its decision that the health law does not allow tax subsidies to be distributed through the federal government’s health insurance exchange. The Obama administration’s Internal Revenue Service issued regulations in 2012 authorizing the flow of funds after two-thirds of […]

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Obamacare: Can’t Keep Your Doctor

By |2014-07-20T15:12:39-04:00July 20th, 2014|Categories: Featured, Healthcare, News|Tags: |

My General Practitioner (GP) doctor in Reston announced he is dumping 1,400 patients and retaining 600 with a front-end annual $1,650 payment. His partner just retired, so his patients are looking for another doctor also. I paid the new fee. That payment for Concierge Care is not reimbursable under insurance. However, Representative Dr. Tom Price’s […]

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