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McClellan announces plan to equitably rebuild healthcare system
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Jennifer McClellan
Jennifer McClellan on Thursday announced her plan to make Virginia a beacon for quality healthcare. In the plan, McClellan, a state senator running for the Democratic Party nomination for governor, lays out her agenda to make the healthcare system more equitable, more accessible, and more affordable as Virginia begins to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.
McClellan’s plan will provide healthcare coverage for 88,000 uninsured Virginia children, including 13,000 undocumented children, in order to build a more equitable health care system. She will also invest $30 million in maternal care to address the Black maternal mortality rate and deploy new Virginia Saf
Oregon lawmakers contemplate new rules for health care mergers May 19 2021
A Lake Oswego lawmaker wants the country s most sweeping health care merger oversight. Hospitals say it goes too far.
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give Oregon the most sweeping state oversight of health care mergers in the country.
But while supporters say House Bill 2362 would counter increased costs and curbs on care, opponents say it goes too far.
The system contemplated by chief sponsor Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Lake Oswego, is drawing support from pro-abortion and death-with-dignity groups as a response to one slice of the merger trend: the rapid growth of health care entities affiliated with the Catholic Church, which restrict care for women and transgender people.
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