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Your View: We must help Alexandria's uninsured with health care costs

Your View: We must help Alexandria's uninsured with health care costs

By City Councilor Tim Lovain, Alexandria (File photo)To the editor:There is a widespread misconception that the Affordable Care Act — commonly referred to as Obamacare — basically guaranteed health insurance for all Americans.Sadly, that is not the case, especially here in Virginia.Obamacare attempted to raise the income eligibility level for Medicaid coverage to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $1,070 per month for an individual and $2,795 for a family of four.


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Summit Daily letters: ColoradoCare not the health care solution

Summit Daily letters: ColoradoCare not the health care solution

One year ago my family and I made the move to Breckenridge.Our move was possible, in part, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).As a self-employed consultant, my family and I had been dependent upon health insurance through my husband's employer.


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Scott proposes end of health care exchange

Scott proposes end of health care exchange

BURLINGTON — Lt. Gov.Phil Scott, the Republican nominee for governor, released a health care plan Wednesday that seeks to scuttle the state's online health insurance exchange and undo other initiatives put in place by outgoing Democratic Gov.Peter Shumlin.