by Joel Foster | Jan 20, 2023 | Blog, Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
2023 marks the first year in half a century that women in the United States do not have the Constitutional right to access abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark January 22, 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade made abortion legal under the Fourteenth Amendment as a...
by Joel Foster | Dec 20, 2022 | Blog, Federal Budget and Tax Policy, Health Care for All, Lower Drug Prices Now
In 2022, President Biden and Congressional Democrats delivered on their promises by continuing to expand access to quality, affordable healthcare, and by making historic improvements to Medicare prescription drug coverage that will both lower prices and reduce...
by Joel Foster | Dec 8, 2022 | Blog, Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs’ decision, Virginia Organizing, an HCANEF partner in Virginia, has been bringing people together to protect abortion access in the Commonwealth. Immediately following the June 24th decision, the State Governing Board of Virginia...
by Joel Foster | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog, Health Care for All, Lower Drug Prices Now
When long-time Speaker and health care champion Nancy Pelosi recently announced the end of her tenure, a new Democratic leader was already poised to step up in the House of Representatives. Today, House Democrats voted unanimously to elect a new leader, who will be...
by Joel Foster | Nov 18, 2022 | Blog, Health Care for All
After almost 20 years of leadership, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last month she would not seek re-election to Democratic leadership in the next Congress, making way for a new generation of Democratic leaders and leaving a tremendous legacy that materially improved...
