Charlotte Woods
Politics Reporter at The Virginia Mercury
Politics Reporter @MercuryVirginia with a focus on health & housing policy. 📧 [email protected] Prev: @RTDNEWS, @cvilletomorrow
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2 days ago |
12onyourside.com | Charlotte Woods
RICHMOND, Va. (VIRGINIA MERCURY) - Childbirth can cost thousands of dollars, with certain conditions also posing extra costs for parents-to-be who have private health insurance. The Virginia Mercury reports that new legislation proposed by Virginia’s Capitol Hill lawmakers and their colleagues could prevent cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal and postpartum care, keeping families from being saddled with big bills after birth.
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2 days ago |
virginiamercury.com | Charlotte Woods
by Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury June 5, 2025 Childbirth can cost thousands of dollars, with certain conditions also posing extra costs for parents-to-be who have private health insurance. New legislation proposed by Virginia’s Capitol Hill lawmakers and their colleagues could prevent cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal and postpartum care, keeping families from being saddled with big bills after birth. U.S. Rep.
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3 days ago |
virginiamercury.com | Charlotte Woods
As budget talks heat up in Washington, Southside Richmond resident Dana Wyatt is bracing for impact. After years of waiting for a housing choice voucher — a federally-funded program that operates like a rent coupon for qualifying tenants — she now fears she could lose it and once again become rent-burdened.
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4 days ago |
wvva.com | Charlotte Woods
Amid federal and state funding cuts, freezes and delayed payments, the outlook is grim for free clinics in Virginia that have had to trim or halt some services, but there is hope, Health Brigade executive director Karen Legato said Thursday evening. “Care is resistance,” she reiterated during a speech outside of the clinic’s Thompson Street location in Richmond.
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4 days ago |
12onyourside.com | Charlotte Woods
Amid federal and state funding cuts, freezes and delayed payments, the outlook is grim for free clinics in Virginia that have had to trim or halt some services, but there is hope, Health Brigade executive director Karen Legato said Thursday evening. “Care is resistance,” she reiterated during a speech outside of the clinic’s Thompson Street location in Richmond.
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