Expand health care for those who are struggling without it.

As a volunteer working to advance health and quality of life for Virginia seniors, I see how devastating the lack of medical care can be for those who cannot afford insurance coverage. We need to act now to close the coverage gap and assure that all Virginia citizens have access to the care they need.

After a long contract fight, PPS is making major schedule changes for high schools without any collaboration or input. As parents, students and teachers we are impacted by these decisions and we demand meaningful dialogue and a productive and equitable decision-making process. This is the only path to the the schools Portland deserves.

I have asthma and hypothyroidism. I am still young, but I am only able to lead my active lifestyle with careful medical monitoring, which is very expensive. Please expand Medicaid in Virginia!

There's a critical special legislative session happening next week in Richmond that will determine whether nearly 200,000 Virginians gain access to health care. The question is whether Virginia will accept federal Medicaid funds, as Obamacare encourages. 1) Other Republican-led states have done it. 2) Virginia voters strongly support it. And the state Senate just passed it. But right now, some Republicans in the House of Delegates are standing in the way. If they continue to block Medicaid expansion, they'll be catering to an extreme slice of their own base rather than helping get health care to the state's neediest residents. If just a handful of Republican delegates listen to their constituents, then Medicaid expansion can still pass and a government shutdown can be avoided. That's possible. It's worked in other states. And our state delegate—Del. Joseph Yost—could be the key vote in passing Medicaid expansion in Virginia. That's why it's critical that we let Del. Yost know that we support expansion. Expanding Medicaid access to Virginia's poor and disabled is the right thing to do on so many fronts: It will save lives. It will create jobs. And it will save Virginia taxpayers billions of dollars.

I know people whose lives would be greatly improved if the Virginia legislature agreed to expand Medicaid. Please help convince our Delegate by signing this petition.

As a Type 1 diabetic, I know the perils and costs of having a life long disease, as well as being dependent on medical care, and medicine. Every person in Virginia should have fair access to any treatments or care that they may need. We need to stand together to make this happen, and we will.

It's the right thing to do, and financially advantageous for the Commonwealth.

Getting Medicaid coverage for those who fall in the economic cracks. Those who make under $11,400, but more than $7,800 annually, can't get Medicaid.

I have seen Louisiana pass dozens of laws that end in court. The State dedicates already scarce funds to pay for lawyers to defend laws that end up being overturned. In the end, not only do they waste the time of the lawyers, but the State often has to pay damages. Instead of passing laws that promote a religious agenda, and feathering their own political nest, the lawmakers should help the people they represent. Louisiana is 49th in the nation for infant mortality, and 44th in the nation for pregnant women’s mortality. They should put the money they keep spending on settlements where it can make a real difference to the people.

It's time to put the people of Virginia and THEIR needs AHEAD of political posturing once and for all.

Virginia has a vast number of poor and disabled residents who are in dire need of the benefits of Medicaid. It is absolutely foolish not to accept the federal aid that is available to help them.