MICHAEL MARTZ
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dr. Cynthia Southern expects the phone to ring often in her Pulaski County dental office beginning next Thursday, when Virginia expands its Medicaid program to provide a comprehensive dental benefit to poor adults.
More than 750,000 Virginians will become eligible for a benefit that the state believes will transform their health, help them land jobs and make eating a pleasure again.
âA lot of people in our area are going to use that benefit,â said Southern, whose practice in the town of Pulaski serves not only the county, but also surrounding jurisdictions in the mountains of rural Southwest Virginia. âI think itâs a pretty big problem.â
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Next week is our 2021 Virginia State of Reform Health Policy Conference with more than 60 speakers curated for you. These are some of the most important leaders in Virginia health care and health policy.
This newsletter features things that we think are important to watch. And, our Convening Panel has told us the things that they think are important to watch, and have featured them on the Topical Agenda next week. So, it makes sense that we feature some of the agenda topics next week because they reflect some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities faced in Virginia health care.
MICHAEL MARTZ
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Kathy Springston wasnât sure she had heard correctly when Carla Torres-Barrera quoted her a new price for health insurance.
Instead of paying almost $440 a month, Springston will pay about $291 a month for the same insurance she has now through the federally run insurance marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act, a savings of $149 a month.
âI had to ask her, âIs this right?ââ she said.
By the time she turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare next fall, Springston estimates she will save $745 in insurance premium costs. She plans to invest the money in acupuncture or other ways to address her sciatica condition that arenât covered by traditional insurance.
Virginia expands Medicaid access for legal immigrants (Source: Ned Oliver, Virginia Mercury) By Cameron Jones | Capital News Service | April 13, 2021 at 5:31 PM EDT - Updated April 13 at 7:40 PM
RICHMOND, Va. Ni Kin became a permanent resident in 2002 at 70 years old, but she was unable to work after moving from Myanmar to Virginia due to mobility problems.
Kin required more medical attention related to her condition as she aged, but was unable to see a doctor because she didn’t have insurance, according to her grandson Tin Myint. Kin didn’t qualify for Medicaid due to a state rule requiring permanent residents to present 10 years of work history to use public health insurance, Myint said. Kin also did not qualify for no-premium Medicare, since she never worked in the country and does not qualify for Social Security benefits.
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