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Virginia hospitals, clinics brace for federal health care changes

(virginiamercury.com) In Part Two of The Mercury’s Pulse Check series, we explore how hospitals, clinics and nonprofits are grappling with various federal funding cuts to public health


Clock runs down on ACA subsidies as families brace for rising health-care costs

(virginiamercury.com) From NICU bills to postpartum care, advocates say lapsed tax credits could leave more than 100,000 Virginians without coverage and worsen maternal and infant outcomes.


With clinics closed, Churchville’s predicament could foreshadow things to come for more of rural Virginia

(cardinalnews.org) The tiny community of Churchville in western Augusta County no longer has a doctor’s office. Its clinic was one of three recently shuttered by Augusta Health.