HEALTHCARE

To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.

Augusta Medical Group announced it would close three rural clinics due to  the impact of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

Amid political chatter about vaccines and the government entities that oversee them, it’s understandable to wonder where all this leaves the 2025-26 flu vaccine. In short: Yes, the flu shot is still a thing. And four doctors we spoke to said they recommend you get your flu shot this year.

In the aftermath of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s (OBBB) passage, Virginians must ask: What does this sweeping legislation truly mean for our communities?

The recent passage of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and its provision to “defund” Planned Parenthood has already brought chaos and confusion for the patients that our already-strained health care system struggles to treat.

An estimated 323,000 Virginians would lose Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage because of Trump’s recently-passed budget bill. The cuts to Medicaid also threaten the livelihoods of healthcare workers.

Winsome Earle-Sears has a long history of taking extreme positions on abortion. The majority of Virginians support access to the procedure.

A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

Democratic nominee for governor Abigail Spanberger on Wednesday unveiled a set of policies aimed at lowering the costs of prescription drugs and health coverage. 

Proposed budget cuts threaten access to essential services for low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities across Virginia.