Wise County

Mountaintop Removal Is a National Problem: VA Leader Kathy Selvage on Next Steps for Anti-MTR Movement

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Virginia, Appalachia, Lisa Jackson, Dirty Coal, Wise County, President Obama, Epa, Jim Webb, Mountaintop Removal, Clean Energy, Joe Manchin, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

A union coal miner's daughter and a long-time grassroots activist in the region, Selvage has been at the forefront of several movements in the central Appalachian coal country to stop reckless mountaintop removal.

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The Uninsured Line Up For Care In Rural Virginia

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wise County, Bbc, Stan Brock, Kentucky, Health Insurance, Cbs, Virginia, Cnn, Health, Health Care Reform, Tennessee, Ram, Health Care, Tim Kaine, Healthcare, Politics News
Tom Sullivan

The Wise County Remote Area Medical clinic is a county fair without the funnel cakes and cotton candy, but with the long lines and wait times you'd find at Disney World. First-come, first-served. Patients appreciate the help more than your average Medicare patient, someone said, because they have invested their time in it.

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President Obama and Congress: If You Missed Wise County, Join Me in LA

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Clinic, Clinic, Health Care Reform, Appalachia, Congress, Insurance Industry, Wise County, Health Care, Congress Health Care, Politics News
Wendell Potter

Insurance company bureaucrats, who are under constant pressure from investors to spend less and less of every premium dollar they receive from us, are telling their policyholders to seek charity care.

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Fear and Waiting: What the Wise County Clinic Means This Year

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Consumers Union, Wise County, Offthebus Citizen Journalism, Stan Brock, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Cigna, Frank Luntz, Frank Luntz Healthcare, Health Care, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Eyes and Ears, Home News
Marcella Mroczkowski

A free medical clinic in the poor southwestern part of Virginia treated over 1,500 patients, some driving up to five hours and sleeping in their cars to secure a place in line.

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Caring For The Uninsured in Wise County, VA (Assignment Desk)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wise County, Eyes & Ears, Health Care Reform Bill, Uninsured, Service, Volunteer, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Submissions, Health Care, Rural Health Clinic, Healthcare, Wise County Fairgrounds Medical Clinic Wise Va, Wise County Fairgrounds Next to Health Department, Politics News

This weekend, as congressmen, staffers, and lobbyists clamor to pass a bill to provide health coverage to the 75 million under or uninsured, volunteer...

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Calamity Kaine: Virginia Gov, Possible Veep, Trembles at Big Coal

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama Vice President, Virginia, Energy, Vice President, Dominion Power, Wise County, Tim Kaine, Citibank, Environment, Corporate, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Pollution, Climate Crisis, Coal, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

Virginia governor Tim Kaine set a new standard for politician mealy- mouthedness with a letter to his Air Board. The situation is clear to most Virginia watchers: Kaine is terrified of Big Coal.

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