Health Care

This is part of TCI’s report: Work Programs Should Help, Not Harm,...

The Virginia General Assembly passed a budget that directs the state to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in June 2018. Since then, much attention has been given to a provision requiring the state to apply for a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to impose a work requirement on certain low-income Medicaid enrollees in Virginia.

Special Session: Comparing the governor’s, House, and General Assembly budgets to the FY 2018 budget With no agreement on the...

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Key proposed changes to the enacted budget, Ch. 780 click image for pdf...

Ongoing deliberation in Virginia about the need to expand Medicaid coverage, opportunities to leverage provider assessments to support health care access, and policies to revamp the certificate of public need process in the commonwealth all draw attention to the health care sector’s pivotal role in our economy.

African-American and immigrant communities in Virginia share many challenges, and there are critical policy solutions that could improve the lives of both immigrant and African-American Virginians. This report explores some of these challenges and solutions, focusing on residential segregation, schools that too often fail to meet the needs of all students, employment challenges for adults without high school diplomas, low wages for many workers, lack of health insurance and culturally competent health care, significant caretaking responsibilities without the benefit of paid sick leave and family leave, and harsher punishment in the criminal justice system.

As we envision the Virginia we want to live and grow in, access to affordable health coverage and services is...

Medicaid provides a critical source of health coverage for military veterans, regardless of TRICARE enrollment. But proposals moving through Congress...