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Insulin is a matter of life and death for West Virginians with diabetes!
Increasing costs of insulin has been shocking and unjustified. Please take a moment to sign our petition to the West Virginia State Legislature, urging them to take action to make insulin affordable!
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The Price of Insulin!
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West Virginians for Affordable Health Care
Fighting for better care, smarter spending, & healthier West Virginians!
West Virginia Medicaid Coalition
West Virginia Medicaid Coalition
Medicaid is WV biggest health care program providing for health and long-term care for more than 600,000 or one in three West Virginians.
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Choosing Wisely
Affordable Care Act
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WVAHC can help you find the affordable health care you need for you and your family.
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The West Virginia Children's Health Partnership
Moving Bright Ideas Forward
Kids have unique, developmental health care needs. West Virginia’s kids face serious systemic cultural barriers that can keep them from developing to their full potential.
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Children's Health Collaborative Project
Bridging Health Care, Schools and Communities
A partnership to see every WV child enrolled in insurance coverage, linked to a provider and receiving coordinate and continuous health and social services.
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Medicaid awareness meeting planned for tonight
WTAP 6 – Changes to medicaid program Posted: Mon 11:36 AM, Sep 23, 2019 | Updated: Mon 11:37 AM, Sep 23, 2019
PARKERSBURG, W,Va.-(WTAP) On Monday, Sept. 23rd at 6:30 pm., the League of Women Voters will provide an awareness program on changes to Medicaid that are on the horizon. Anyone affected directly or indirectly should attend. The event will be held at the Summer Auditorium at the main branch of the Wood County Public Library on Emerson Avenue in Parkersburg.
Lisa Diehl, Northern Regional Coordinator for West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, an organization whose goals include preserving, protecting, and improving Medicaid and the Medicaid expansion, will be the guest speaker for the public and sponsored by the League of Women voter.
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Child Care experts talk need for policy change at roundtable discussion
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch tstuck@hdmediallc.com
Sep 21, 2019
Local journalism makes a difference
West Virginia on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at the Marshall University School of Medicine within Cabell Huntington Hospital.
HUNTINGTON — With hopes of forging a path toward meaningful changes to policy that affect the well-being of West Virginia’s children, two groups brought together health care and child welfare experts Friday at the Marshall University School of Medicine within Cabell Huntington Hospital.
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- By Caity Coyne Staff writer
- Sep 10, 2019
Rate of uninsured in WV remains unchanged, but worries shared on lack of progress
While West Virginia made progress years ago in decreasing the number of uninsured people in the state, a U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday suggests that progress may be slowing after no change in the rate of insurance coverage between 2017 and 2018.
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Moms, babies make big gains under Medicaid expansion
By Sharon L. Carte
After a long public health career frequently reading and learning of poor health statistics or rankings for West Virginia, nothing cheers me like learning we are on top for a change, and it should cheer you, too.
Yes, West Virginia is among the top three states (along with New Mexico and Kentucky) with the highest declines in the rate of uninsured women of child-bearing age (18 to 44 years), according to a recent report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. This good news means most women of child-bearing age in our state now have increased access to preventive care during pregnancy, their chances for adverse health outcomes are reduced and maternal mortality can be reduced.
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Year of the Child
A generation of West Virginia’s kids is drowning in the devastating effects of the opioid crisis. Many have no permanent place to call home, no permanent person to call a parent, and no plan to get back on their feet. They float between government systems that they rely on for care — like schools, or foster care, or child welfare. These systems haven’t adapted to theoverwhelming needs caused by the epidemic. A growing number of kids are homeless, living in extended families, in foster care, and in residential facilities. Some even live in WVDHHR offices and hotels. And our state and communities– ill-prepared for this tsunami of need– are scrambling to care for them.
What kind of childhood is this? Who do we expect these children to become?
The “Year of the Child” campaign is a year-long event, created to form a critical mass of West Virginians who will help steer these children towards safer shores and healthier outcomes. Let’s start a statewide dialogue around their needs and how we– not just government agencies, but all of us– can coordinate our efforts, protect these children from further trauma, and produce sound policy changes that put them on the road to resilience. It will be a year-long process of listening, responding, drafting, and advocating for meaningful change.
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